Very nice install, it's nice to see a job done right. If you would have paid someone to do the job, it wouldn't have turned out near as nice.
I am confused on one thing though. You have a Xantrex Truecharge 2 that is a 40 amp battery charger and now you have added an Iota 45 amp converter that charges the batteries as well. What's the reason for this?
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trailrider wrote: Very nice install, it's nice to see a job done right. If you would have paid someone to do the job, it wouldn't have turned out near as nice.
I am confused on one thing though. You have a Xantrex Truecharge 2 that is a 40 amp battery charger and now you have added an Iota 45 amp converter that charges the batteries as well. What's the reason for this?
trailrider, Very good question. Here is the story. When I bought my fiver about 3 years ago I quickly discovered that the converter that Jayco put in was an elcheapo single stage converter that had a run of #10 wires well over 25 feet to the batts for charging. When plugged into to shore power or on genny it just would not charge the batts so I decided to get myself the TC2 and mount it right next to the batts for some quick charging when needed. This worked well it is a very good charger. Then one day while plugged into shore power there was a voltage drop or maybe a surge which fried my converter. At this point I needed a new converter. Talked to Randy at Best Converter who said that the Iota with IQ4 was the best route to take but I only had 10awg wires so I had to use the 45amp model. So I ordered it. Once it arrived I realized (with input from guys on here) that I would be better off mounting the new converter right next to the batts and "backfeeding" to the distribution panel. This worked out really well but now I have a bit of a redundant system. On hindsight I wished I would have ordered the 55 amp Iota and not the TC2 however the TC2 has an equalize setting that the Iota does not and I have the option of running them both together for a super fast charge although I have not yet tried to see if my Honda 2000i will run both at the same time.
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Great install. In a couple of months, I hope to do the same. Hope to do it as neat as you did.
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Where did you find that J Box at?
Outstanding install, you gave me something to shoot for.
Tia,
Don
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jolooote wrote: Why do people bother with using conduit? Why not just run the wires?
Used the conduit because the wires are running through the kitchen cabinets, pantry and out through the roof. There is a chance that things could fall over and rub against them. This is also run in the very rear of the fiver where things have a tendency to bounce around.
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Where did you find that J Box at?
Outstanding install, you gave me something to shoot for.
Tia,
Don
nvreloader, I bought the components at HD and the buss bars at my local electrical wholesaler. Some of the buss bars parts were salvaged out of old electrical panels.
I am in the process of the planning the cleaning up the so-called professional installations of our system: 2 80 watt and 2 130 watt panels, Blue Sky Solarboost 2000E controller.
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