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Sorry I messed up. I meant to reply to the original post….inowhavesolar

This is bad. Mount the waterproof junction box to the rail system that your panels are bolted to. Panels connect to the trunk cable that feeds into this box. Then use specific sized wire from your electrical panel in grey pvc conduit through the roof using standard pipe flashing and into the...

I switched out lead acid to SOK 206a. It fit in the same spot and Will said SOK has great build quality.

This is a new setup. Lead acid with no inverter to lithium and new inverter. SOC is 100% ( two SOK 206ah batteries in parallel) I will look for the battery current discharge limit of the batteries. Did not see a voltage drop at inverter or at the wall plug. Phone app from SOK showed a 96 A...

Yeah. I have two 206ah SOK 12v batteries. The inverter is a 3000w Renogy Inverter, not the inverter/ charger. Not sure what the LBCO setting is.

I’m having an issue with my 3000 w inverter. When I turn on the microwave, it shuts down the inverter after about 30 seconds. Any ideas?

Yeah I saw that and went ahead with the individual components……Dc to Dc charger, (2) 206 Ah batteries, 3000w inverter. Now I have to wire the inverter to the main panel. Looking like I need to add a second transfer switch before going into the panel.

Same thing happen to me but I bought my SOK directly from SOK. They wouldn’t do anything about the price drop either. Oh well…..

It won’t be totally accurate because your routine will vary so you estimate how many hours in the day each item will be used. If you look online for power audits you will get a feel for the process. The 45 w fridge, is that 45 w per hour? I imagine you will run that fridge 24 hrs a day so you...

Cool. Plenty of that going on here. Seems like the first thing to do is an energy audit. If your off-road camping vehicle is already equipped, you should be able to figure out how many hours in a day you want to use the various appliances and determine how much energy they consume….. times the...

Welcome. Are you thinking about RV solar or house solar?

Talk to a roofer. He can advise on an attachment solution that will be waterproof. I replied to another guy that has a similar situation but with a metal tile roof. There are different types of roofing materials but roof penetrations are standard….. vent pipes and vents….. and solar systems use...

Thinking outside the box. Plus, these won’t “grow legs “ and walk away from the rig.

Ha ha no not really. I mean I trenched 230 ft and installed conduit and wire from the main panel back to the proposed solar system, installed the mounts on my composition roof with a roofer doing the flashing, installed the iron ridge X-100 rail system, then the wiring, microinverters and the...

Sorry….. the solar panels will be mounted to the Iron Ridge rails which will be attached to the mounts that are bolted through the plywood roof deck and into the rafters so yes it is a project. What ever mounting system you use will spell out the spacing and attachment details. A roofing...

Yeah the solar panels will be mounted to the

You won’t notice it. You could always paint the bottom rail as that would be the only one you would see

Use the details Met-Tile has for a standard vent pipe flashings then use Iron Ridge mounting system

I have a 2005 30 ft class C too. I understand how overwhelming all this is. Btw, “sunshine_eggo” is a great source of knowledge. I had a lot of the same questions as you listed. I’ve been researching, planning, saving and thinking about this project for almost a year. I’ve taken a few steps and...

So you are saying the issues you warned me about…. was a battery issue and not a Renogy charge controller issue? However you switched from a Renogy to a Victron charge controller and are finding that the Victron is more efficient?

Very cool

Thanks for the response. So far the River 40A controller has been ok with the existing lead acid batteries. I’ll keep an eye on it when I switch to lithium batteries. I’ve had it over a year so probably can’t send it back

Well, time flies when life gets busy. Here I am…… 6 months later….. but back on the solar trail. Just installed a Dc to Dc charger and changed Emergency Start switch to a ignition power switch with a nice red light to remind me when alternator is charging the house batteries. Speaking of house...

thank you for your response. I was thinking the battery in the Anker could be charged from the solar panels even if needEd when driving. I do have a built in Onan 4K generator that I could use for microwave. A TV would be nice sometimes and I’d prefer not to have the generator running for an...

So I have been thinking about a solar system for my class C RV. Purchased a couple of 100 w panels and a 40 amp charge controller that I’ve been using for a while but I’m ready to switch out my 2 6-volt factory batteries for a SOK 206 ah lithium battery that will fit in the same place. Then I...

I wonder if Fleetwood has a diagram.

my house batteries are under my step too. When you said isolating solenoid is that the same as a Bi directional isolator? I also have a Continuous Duty Solenoid….. what is that for? I’m hoping I have a cable coming from the starter battery/alternator in this compartment that I can use for my dc...

Thank you. That answers my concerns. So I will install the Dc to Dc charger with the LFP battery. Yeah the coach came with a WFCO converter. I contacted them and they told me the model I had would probably charge the LFP battery up to about 85% and recommended a newer model. But as someone...

Thank you. Made a note on that. Another question, can I start with replacing the lead acid with a lithium battery with no dc to dc charger? I’ve heard that my existing setup charges the house battery at such a low rate that I don’t have to worry about burning up my coach alternator. Is it true...

I too get lost in confusion. I’m trying to figure out how to change the emergency jump start for the coach battery switch next to steering wheel to an on / off switch. I saw ”Tito” remove a solenoid that was under the hood close to the switch but mine isn’t there. He joined all the wires...

I too was considering 100 w panels on my class c but leaning towards (2) 365 w panels because of the roof area.

How is your project going?

Hahaha I’ve already upgraded that too. Thanks

I saw something about resident panels not being able to take the abuse from riding down the road on the roof of an RV.

Renogy SCC does have a limit Solar watt imput.