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bonestock said:
Lots of good info here. I went with a Redarc to charge the Auxiliary battery while driving and portable 100w Renogy panels while stationary. Wires into an Anderson terminal that sticks through the grill with a weather boot. Pretty slick if I do say so myself. I’ll post pics of it tomorrow. Just got it all buttoned up and failed to take any pics.
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basic pics of my setup

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100W panel charges my marine 33ah battery that is located on the side of my drawer system. This is the same battery that is found inside my YETI400. While traveling it charges either the Yeti + fridge or marine battery + fridge and the Weboost. Ran the cables through the side sliding window for the past 2 yrs. I now run the chase lights and the driving lights on the roof rack with the marine battery. I also use the portable tri-fold panel when camped to top off either batteries.
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Still looking for idea to run charging cables into cabin. Not sure above setup would result leaking. Earlier post, someone has run cable along the hatch, but not sure how cables end into the cabin.
 
wxm said:
Still looking for idea to run charging cables into cabin. Not sure above setup would result leaking. Earlier post, someone has run cable along the hatch, but not sure how cables end into the cabin.
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I wasn't brave enough to drill into the side but you can do something like this:
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wxm said:
Still looking for idea to run charging cables into cabin. Not sure above setup would result leaking. Earlier post, someone has run cable along the hatch, but not sure how cables end into the cabin.
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Yes in post #32 I showed me routing cables to the rear hatch. If you don’t wanna drill this option works pretty good. It’s not the cleanest setup since you see the cables but it works. To run them into the cabin from the hatch you can go down to the undercarriage and pass it thru where the rear sunroof drains exit. This is the only real option for larger, 10-12g cables.

Now if you do want to drill thru I’d recommend the Scanstrut Dual Horizontal on the roof.
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FYI
Seen hood solar peeling off due to heat from engine bay and climate.....
 
Two 115w Zamp panels on the tent run to a roof mounted hub (at the left rear above the hatch amd under the rack) and into a victron mppt and finally to a battleborn 100ah.

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Fosters said:
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Cascadia 4X4 hood panel, making 90w…goes to a victron mppt which then feeds my secondary odyssey 31m battery
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That's a really nice looking engine bay. I'm going to admit to some envy over here.
In other news, what are those lights you have mounted on your Slee bumper, and are you happy with them? They are a nice size, not too huge. Thanks.
 
bicycleagent003 said:
That's a really nice looking engine bay. I'm going to admit to some envy over here.
In other news, what are those lights you have mounted on your Slee bumper, and are you happy with them? They are a nice size, not too huge. Thanks.
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Those are Baja Design. Have them too and am a dealer for them if you are interested!!
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SmokingRocks said:
Here is my setup
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no it's not broken, the refresh rate of the HVAC controller was messing with the camera.
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I love having my panels hard mounted on the roof, they just work all the time. Not concerned about the loss of storage or "parking in the shade" because most of my long trips are in the desert where there is no shade. Also, the panels provide some shade for the vehicle anyway. Another pro for hard mounting is that you never have to worry about dicking with setting up and babysitting a solar panel & extension cord. The angle of the sun in relation to the panel argument is scientifically valid however in the real world it's never been an issue for me, even when I only had one panel.

This setup easily provides enough to run two fridge/freezers at full tilt and still has enough left over to charge up the front house and starting batteries.

More info can be found here: Multi-Battery System
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@SmokingRocks , did you drill holes in your roof for this install?
 
yotarunner said:
I added a simple 100w panel with a controller to my main battery. It works really well so I can run my fridge while on camping trips, but I may end up doing a dual batt setup as well. I ran a large 4 wire cable up my snorkel to have wiring for my roof lights also.

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@yotarunner, I have the same rack - what panel did you use that fits so nicely in that section?

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