This is another client of ours that made the decision to move out of their traditional home and live the RV lifestyle full-time. This client actually had their brand-new Escape trailer delivered to our facility by the manufacturer. They are planning on working full-time out of their trailer while traveling around the country. The 360W solar power system we installed will help keep their batteries charged, and allow them to run some light DC loads while they journey throughout the country.
8/25/17 – 2017 Surveyor Travel Trailer, 32’
This client wanted to install a small amount of solar power now with the potential for adding more in the future. We fully wired their trailer, installed a 40A Blue Sky charge controller, our AM Solar Roof Combiner Box, and 360 Watts of solar power. When ready to expand, all they will need to do is mount more solar panels to the roof, and wire them into the Combiner Box. That’s a job they should easily be able to do themselves as a DIY project now that the hard work is out of the way.
3/30/2017 - 2015 Wind River Trailer, 32'
This rig came to us with a factory solar pre-wire that was completely inadequate for the client’s power requirements. We replaced the pre-wire with a much thicker set of 4ga cables and we replaced the factory PWM charge controller with a 40A MPPT controller. Now the rig has 480W of solar, a new 300Ah battery bank and an advanced three stage charger.
6/14/2016 - Starcraft AR-One Extreme, 17'
6/24/2016 – 2016 Arctic Fox 27-5L, 30'
6/21/2016 - 2015 Airstream Flying Cloud, 27'
This customer came to us with a price ceiling and asked that we give them the most power possible for their budget goal. Upon inspecting the trailer, we found that their batteries were completely dead. We replaced them with a pair of low cost Interstate Flooded batteries and added two 100W panels to the roof with a 25A SunRunner Signature MPPT core. The system can easily be expanded with the addition of two more 100W panels when the customer is ready.
6/8/2016 - 2014 Keystone Avalanche 360RB, 40'
6/17/2016 - 1995 Airstream Classic, 30'
This rig came to us with two functioning 65W panels and a low-end charge controller. They wanted more power. We added two of our 100W solar panels and combined them all in a roof mount c-box. Instead of penetrating the roof under the c-box, we routed the cables down the refrigerator vent. Because of the two different panel types, with different voltages, we went with a PWM replacement charge controller and added a battery monitor. (MPPT controllers don’t do well with mixed panels). We also added a USB outlet for portable device charging.