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Which sealant to use on replacing exterior speaker?
I had an exterior speaker get sun dried causing a crack. When it would rain heavy I would get water inside. I have purchased the same replacement speaker and need to install it. But I can't seem to find any info on which sealant to use to prevent water from getting in? The sealant that was on there before was a grayish color almost taupe? Is this that tape sealant stuff or does anyone know which kind of sealant I need to use to install this speaker leak free? thanks!3.2KViews0likes5CommentsChest Freezer in the garage
Does anyone know how many appliances can run in the garage safely without it cutting the circuit breaker? I've got a chest freezer in the garage now and it has been working perfectly but I'm consider adding a small 4.5 CU FT mini fridge plus a water cooler in the garage as well. Iv'e got 4 sockets in the garage but they are all hooked into one breaker panel. I don't wanna pop the circuit and loose my meat in the chest freezer.1.1KViews0likes3CommentsRe: Unique Solar Question
RoyB wrote: My way of thinking is you would want to beef up your battery setup to run a large INVERTER SETUP that in-turn will run all of the 120VAC ITEMS you want to run. The purpose of the SOLAR PANEL would be to re-charge the large battery bank during the high sun day. It would take a real large solar setup to run directly from the panels for these large 120VAC items. The basics for solar panels is you only get about six hours of 5-6AMPS DC CURRENT when a typical 120WATT SOLAR PANEL is in high sun. It will take many 120WATT SOLAR PANELS to maintain several high AH batteries to do this for you. Then you also have to worry about when the HIGH SUN is not going to be available for you to use. During these times you will want a 2KW Honda Generator to run your on-board CONVERTER/CHARGER setup for three hours a day using smart mode charging techniques to keep the batteries charged-up so you can use them when needed. I would think the first thing to do is get your batteries setup to run a large 120VAC OUTPUT Inverter setup then start looking into SOLAR PANELS to keep the BATTERIES re-charged so you can use the batteries at all times day or night. Is this what you are thinking about doing???? I DO NOT THINK you can achieve what you are saying with SOLAR PANELS alone. Just my thoughts Roy Ken NOTE: AS I was typing this up I see more info about the subj has showed up: Just relaying on some of my thoughts here... Hi Roy, Thanks for your input. I have some experience with solar setups already. My last RV was run on solar 97% of the time. I used a genny for the A/C and microwave though. That may be what I end up doing with this one as well but it sure would be nice to not run the genny if I had shore power near by. I just don't want the shore power supplying power to all my other appliances as well because then my solar dollars are wasted. I will be charged for all that power I use and will get no credit for the solar power I generate. It is my understanding that these rv parks are not equipped with roll back meter to give you credit for the power you generate like residential homes are. I'm thinking the best method here would be to wire a separate breaker panel and 50 amp plug for the A/C and leave the stock one in place. That way if I ever want to change the wiring back to original I can just rewire it back to the original panel.491Views0likes0CommentsRe: Unique Solar Question
Donnoh wrote: Well, if you open every circuit breaker except your AC it would accomplish what you want assuming everything else is on 12 volt power. It doesn't sound like this would work. I'm going to have a DC to AC inverter hooked up to the panel so all the other AC appliances (microwave, TV, toaster, etc) and wall AC sockets (for cell phone chargers, hair dryer, etc) will be hot from the inverter being powered by the battery bank. If my A/C breaker was off I wouldn't be able to use the A/C unit. I wan't to be able to use the A/C unit but have it run off of shore power while all my other devices (microwave, tv, toaster, phone chargers run off of solar via the inverter).226Views0likes0CommentsRe: Unique Solar Question
My reasoning for setting it up this way is: 1)Don't get charged for electricity power when hooked up to shore power to run tv, lights, stereo, etc. 2) eliminate the need for a automatic transfer switch to sense when plugged into shore power and switch from solar to shore power automatically and vice versa.225Views0likes0CommentsUnique Solar Question
I've searched and can't seem to find the answer. I'm going to be running a pretty good size solar system on my toyhauler for full time living. From what I've read the only thing that I can't power with the solar is the A/C system and I'm ok with that. My question is if I can have the wiring for the A/C on the toyhauler dedicated separately from the rest of the toyhauler. This way I can use my solar for everything else and plug into shore power when available to run the A/C (and only the A/C). I don't want the shore power to charge my batteries, run lights, tv etc. I want it to be on a completely separate circuit that power the A/C alone and nothing else. Is this possible and easy to accomplish? I'm assuming it would just take a little wiring from the dealer to put it on a separate circuit?3.3KViews0likes21Comments
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