My solar install

Finally getting some time to work on by solar project. A big thanks for everyone's input, especially OregonCamper.

Here are the solar panels and controller I purchased. they are 100 watt/18v panels and the controller is a GoPower PVM30...





Upon cutting the hole for my controller, I was able to find the wires coming from the solar panels but not from the battery. After calling Heartland, they said they only ran the PV wires. At that point I was disappointed as now I would need to open up the underbelly, and route the remaining cables. After reading another post about another solar project taking place, I learned that he in fact had all the wires needed. A second call to Heartland, along with my VIN number confirmed that I had all the cables prerun. It took me a little time to find them but sure enough they were all there! Please note: the black cables turned out to be (+), the white cables (-)







..wired up the controller



Here is everything buttoned up and back in place...









This afternoon I'll clean the roof and use Eternabond tape to secure the panels to the roof

Glad I was of some help..

Standard RV wiring is Black is POSITIVE and White is NEGATIVE. Not sure why they don't follow red=POS and Black=NEG.....but they don't. All 5 of my RV's have been wired this way.

BTW....I can't open our linked images.

Oregon_Camper said:

Glad I was of some help..

Standard RV wiring is Black is POSITIVE and White is NEGATIVE. Not sure why they don't follow red=POS and Black=NEG.....but they don't. All 5 of my RV's have been wired this way.

BTW....I can't open our linked images.

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I deleted and re-uploaded the pictures. hopefully that worked.

In regards to the wiring, upon inspection of the battery wires that lead to the battery cutoff switch, they are red & black. Go figure..

Here are the PV panels taped down...

Nice!!!

Looks great, good install, be sure to change your controller to the correct battery style, it changes the charging algorithm.

I see you Taped the panels? Are they also fastened down at all?

castone001 said:

I see you Taped the panels? Are they also fastened down at all?

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i did not mechanically fasten them as i didnt want to drill holes into my roof membrane. The Eternabond tape has held them securely thus far..