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 Fabrication
We started by removing the pretty covers and found there was abundant storage space in the front cap just asking to be used. We then built a platform from ACX plywood with hold down brackets.
Rv Solar
We removed the single 300w Jaboni Solar panel and MPPT charger and replaced it with 6x 200w Rich Solar panels for 1200w total. As you can see there is room for more. With our setup we ran these in a 3s2p configuration, the customer could over panel in the future for a 3s3p configuration for 1800w total. Not bad for still using the solar prewire.
The key to pushing all that power through solar prewire is getting the voltage up . With the 3s configuration we get to 135VOC (solar panel voltage) if we divide 1200w by the PVmax voltage of around 120v we get 10 amps of current. The 10awg wire is rated for 30 amps max, so we have some room to go yet still.
All Done.
Here is the end result, you'd hardly know there is enough power to run
an air conditioner all night behind there using hidden storage space.
Grand Design Reflection 312BHTS RV Solar Install