Loved the setup and install. Just curious on how you all tied in the 12v battery to the Orion? Would like to see the connection diagram for that setup. I like having the 12v battery as a buffer to help pickup the slack rather than having the 24/12 converter do all the work.
Another clean install! Well done, guys! I wish I would have seen more videos like this before I did the install on our 2022 341RDS. Or at least researched 24v systems a bit more. I probably would have went with a 24v system.
I just did my third installation on my new GD Reflection 337. Very similar system but still 12v. You should try the new Rich 250w solar panels. I have been very impressed. I am a retired engineer with a degree in electronic engineering.
4 plus years ago I put 1500Watts on the roof of my trailer. Nothing else is up there. Everything else is routed out the back or sides. 24volt with 200lbs of lithium in the back
Can you provide more details on the vent fan setup? Is the fan pushing air out or pulling air in? Is the fan on a thermostat like a Ruuvi tag triggered thru the Cerbo relay?
Can you share more on the Dihool breaker? How does it mount? What size lugs does it take? I cannot find a manual for it. I love the idea of a breaker rather then fuses and a shut off...
We use 2x 4" t25 screws and use a step drill bit to prep the holes. The mounts that come with it and for through hole mounting with a long bolt and nut... ewe. It works with 2/0 out of the box, we trim down 4/0 lugs by 1/176th an inch each side to land those, we prep the lug surfaces for a good contact area. Run a file or sand paper across a 4/0 lug, you'd be lucky if 30% or more of the surface area actually contacts the mating surface.
Have a 337bmyself and was wondering what size gauge wire you ran down thru the vent and where and how did you bring it out of the vent down below...Thanks I appreciate it...and might have to get with you to finish my system...Great videos also...David
Would love to help. 10 awg solar wire. We neglected to record that, and I wish we did. JD carefully preyed back the wall in the bathroom revealing a nice double right angle bend making fishing a line a bit difficult. Although, thinking now, you could use the balled up plastic muff on a string and vacuum trick to suck it up from below. Maybe next time, ah hind sight. Anyway, JD then cut a small hole big enough for the wires through the vent pipe near the top of the wall. We left the wall open long enough to run the cerbo HDMI as well. I hope that helps.
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
@@sotasolar Go to 20:06 in the vid, freeze the screen and on the batteries they say Li-Ion. These are not very good in extreme heat either. I did like the cooling fan option you did though.
www.epochbatteries.com/products/24v-100ah-heated-bluetooth-lifepo4-battery this is what we installed. I think someone got creative with the case molds. Good catch. These are lifepo4 inside though.
I have a question you were originally going to put 1600w of solar power on the roof with the current mppt 250/70 you then decide to go with 2000w of solar on the roof at that new wattage the solar can now put out more then 70 amps should you now put in a new mppt to handle the more then 70 amp that solar will produce?
We did not upgrade the controller because in practice it’s pretty darn close to 70. Let’s take 2000w/27.6 volts (not 24 because that’s not the changing voltage.) that gets us to 72 amps if perfect conditions. Normal conditions we didn’t see much over 1800w leaving plenty of head room. IF we had started with the plan of 2000w , we may have upgraded to a 100a controller, if for no other reason than reason as the greater heat dissipation properties. Great question.
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
Thank you so much for an awesome install. We are very happy customers!
Awesome introduction to the project from JD and explaining everything quick and precise.... another awesome build project...
Show routing the solar panel wires down the vent tube in detail plz.
I appreciate the mounting hardware details. Thanks.
Loved the setup and install. Just curious on how you all tied in the 12v battery to the Orion? Would like to see the connection diagram for that setup. I like having the 12v battery as a buffer to help pickup the slack rather than having the 24/12 converter do all the work.
Another clean install! Well done, guys! I wish I would have seen more videos like this before I did the install on our 2022 341RDS.
Or at least researched 24v systems a bit more.
I probably would have went with a 24v system.
Great video. Thanks Don
I just did my third installation on my new GD Reflection 337. Very similar system but still 12v. You should try the new Rich 250w solar panels. I have been very impressed. I am a retired engineer with a degree in electronic engineering.
Donyoubhave a TH-cam channel or somewhere you post or record your installations...Thanks
@@davidmarkel7519 no, I just do this for my own personal use and enjoyment.
4 plus years ago I put 1500Watts on the roof of my trailer. Nothing else is up there. Everything else is routed out the back or sides.
24volt with 200lbs of lithium in the back
Can you provide more details on the vent fan setup? Is the fan pushing air out or pulling air in? Is the fan on a thermostat like a Ruuvi tag triggered thru the Cerbo relay?
Can you share more on the Dihool breaker? How does it mount? What size lugs does it take? I cannot find a manual for it. I love the idea of a breaker rather then fuses and a shut off...
We use 2x 4" t25 screws and use a step drill bit to prep the holes. The mounts that come with it and for through hole mounting with a long bolt and nut... ewe. It works with 2/0 out of the box, we trim down 4/0 lugs by 1/176th an inch each side to land those, we prep the lug surfaces for a good contact area. Run a file or sand paper across a 4/0 lug, you'd be lucky if 30% or more of the surface area actually contacts the mating surface.
Have a 337bmyself and was wondering what size gauge wire you ran down thru the vent and where and how did you bring it out of the vent down below...Thanks I appreciate it...and might have to get with you to finish my system...Great videos also...David
Would love to help.
10 awg solar wire. We neglected to record that, and I wish we did. JD carefully preyed back the wall in the bathroom revealing a nice double right angle bend making fishing a line a bit difficult. Although, thinking now, you could use the balled up plastic muff on a string and vacuum trick to suck it up from below. Maybe next time, ah hind sight. Anyway, JD then cut a small hole big enough for the wires through the vent pipe near the top of the wall. We left the wall open long enough to run the cerbo HDMI as well.
I hope that helps.
@sotasolar Thanks I appreciate it...can you explanation hie you guys seal the hole back up in the vent tube...Thanks
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
The Multiplus takes all 4 wires in from shore and outputs all 4 wires to the panel, so we must re-reoute the wires through it.
Look at voltgo batteries.
Clean install. But...why lithium ion when lifepo4 is way safer and has 3x the cycle life?
Pretty sure these are LiFePo4
@@sotasolar Go to 20:06 in the vid, freeze the screen and on the batteries they say Li-Ion. These are not very good in extreme heat either. I did like the cooling fan option you did though.
www.epochbatteries.com/products/24v-100ah-heated-bluetooth-lifepo4-battery this is what we installed. I think someone got creative with the case molds. Good catch. These are lifepo4 inside though.
@@sotasolar Thanks. I think Li Ion refers to the name of the battery and not the chemistry. A bit confusing but you're right, I was wrong.
I have a question you were originally going to put 1600w of solar power on the roof with the current mppt 250/70 you then decide to go with 2000w of solar on the roof at that new wattage the solar can now put out more then 70 amps should you now put in a new mppt to handle the more then 70 amp that solar will produce?
We did not upgrade the controller because in practice it’s pretty darn close to 70. Let’s take 2000w/27.6 volts (not 24 because that’s not the changing voltage.) that gets us to 72 amps if perfect conditions.
Normal conditions we didn’t see much over 1800w leaving plenty of head room.
IF we had started with the plan of 2000w , we may have upgraded to a 100a controller, if for no other reason than reason as the greater heat dissipation properties.
Great question.
7:58 the video jumps back :(
Thanks for the note, got it done late last night, on the road this weekend. Made the edit on YT backend, should update in the next few hours.
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?
Can you explain what you do to route the main power wire to the multiplus? Why are you disconnecting the main rv input wire? I don’t follow what you’re doing there and how you route the new wires and why you’re not keeping or reusing the original rv input wire that already is routed to the main fuse panel?