Tim.dougherty@comcast.net

Onextreme Paint Facility

435 W Esplanade Ave.
Hemet, CA 92543
(951) 201-8676

Alberto seems to do pretty good work, he was at one of the FMCA Rally's in Indio

Thank all for your replies, I believe I have the information to proceed.

Yes they are 12 volt panels purchased from Amazon on sale for $178 ea. from Newpowa they are $219.99 ea.

34 minutes ago, vito.a said:

I'd leave the original Heliotrope solar system and devote it to your chassis battery.  

Or, you could also try connecting your four new 200w panels to your existing Heliotrope charge controller.  I have three 225w panels connected to mine and have never exceeded it's 45 amp capacity.  Panels lying flat on the roof never approach their rated output.  

I have not bought the 4th panel yet so I have (3) 200 watt panels, so you are saying that I can just run those three in parallel to the existing Heliotrope controller and be okay? But still need to run at least a 4 AWG wire to the batteries. Read somewhere that if you are not running a MPPT charge controller you need to run in parallel.

I am looking to add some additional solar to my 2004 Dynasty, I will be removing the existing 100 watt panel and adding (4) 200 watt panels for total of 800 watts.  Currently I have the RV-45D original charge controller, but suspect I would need to change that out. If I install a new charge controller I would lose the ability to have solar charge both the house and chassis batteries ad the RV-45D has the ability to charge both the house and the chassis but most new MPPT charge controllers don't have that capability, what have other done to accommodate charging chassis batteries when installing a new controller?

Carey,

I would like to get 8 left and 8 right, can you send me the info on how to order and pay.

thanks

Tim

I put a couple of lags in the rear as you mentioned, but I also put a couple of “L” brackets in front and bolted those to my platform.

Tim

Thanks Mike!  I think she will like the extra room.

Tim

2004 Monaco Dynasty

Agreed, Ordered last week will be in on Tuesday.

Job almost completed, still need to resize the heater vent cover. Not much room to spare at the end, I think in 2005 coaches gained 2” in height and another 2” in 2006 makes installation easier for those years.

I'll have to drop down the platform on the bottom very close to the furnace and cut an inch off the top trim, but it will fit.

I have a question for those of you that know about these things. I have a Xantrex model RV2012 Inverter made in 2004 can I use this with the Fisher Paykel refrigerator?

I have decided on the FP because of the limitations associated with heater beneath the refrigerator, purchased model RF170ADUSX4.

Thanks

Tim

2004 Monaco Dynasty

Truck shop I took mine to charged 3 hrs for the job, was at $90 hr.