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Why Traditional RV Battery Disconnect Switches Can Fail in High-Amp Solar Systems (and What to Use Instead)
If you're running a 12V Victron inverter/charger in your RV—especially the 3000VA model—your system can easily exceed 300 amps of current. And yet, many people still rely on traditional rotary battery disconnect switches like the Blue Sea 6006 m-Series, which are only rated for 300A continuous. That’s a dangerous mismatch. Here’s why it matters—and what to use instead.
 
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Victron Wiring Diagram Template
For most of our solar install projects we find it helpful for us as well as our customers to have a wiring diagram. This makes sure we have all the necessary components, fuses, breakers, etc. We're DI...
Feb 29, 2024
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Grand Design Reflection 312BHTS RV Solar Install
Hidden Space We reworked the front storage bay just a bit and managed to fit 800ah of lithium batteries, the Multiplus 3000, solar chargers etc, without giving up much storage space. Custom Fabricatio...
Grand Design Travel Trailer
Jan 22, 2023
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Grand Design Imagine 2400BH RV Solar Install
Hidden Space We reworked the front storage bay just a bit and managed to fit 800ah of lithium batteries, the Multiplus 3000, solar chargers etc, without giving up much storage space. Add a caption to ...
Grand Design Travel Trailer
Jan 15, 2023
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Grand Design Momentum G Class Toy Hauler
Hidden Space One item we pride ourselves on in particular is using existing spaces overlooked by the RV manufacturer to keep your storage space at a maximum. See below how we use an existing space and...
Grand Design Travel Trailer
Jul 14, 2022
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Alliance Paradigm 5th Wheel RV
Powering a large 5th wheel such as this no small feat, but we gave it our best. We went with 1800w of solar with 3x solar chargers for greater partial shade tolerance. The more solar chargers we use, ...
5th Wheel Alliance
Jun 22, 2022
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Thor Outlaw Class A
The Power Bay We upgraded this Thor outlaw Toy Hauler Class A coach from a single Multiplus and 500ah of Battle Born batteries to split phase Multiplus (2x) and 10 battle born batteries. One particula...
Class A Motorhome Thor Outlaw
Jun 15, 2022
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RiverStone Legacy 5th Wheel
Battery & Inverter Install Batteries are split between the factory location and the front most storage bay. We used 2 separate battery banks because two inverters require 400amp of surge power each. O...
5th Wheel Riverstone
May 18, 2022
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Can't get a reservation at State or RV parks. Try Boondocking.
As 2019 and 2020 saw record RV and Travel Trailer Sales soar, the supply of reservable camping sites has not kept pace. Reservations? Where we're going, we don't need Reservations, get ready to boondo...
Jan 15, 2022
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Can RV solar panels run RV Roof AC
The short answer here is yes, you can run your AC (Air Conditioning) from solar, but as always, it's not that simple. Your RV Air Conditioner is 120v AC power (in most RVs), you need an inverter to po...
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