Friday - I didn't even get around to making coffee this morning. I moved the class C to the street in front of our lot to finish the solar installation. One of the challenges was the limited space in the bench seating. I fabricated a small divider to support the charge controller. It looks sturdy enough. I made the cables between the solar disconnect switch and the charge controller using the same 10AWG wire for the run from the roof into the compartment. I used 6AWG wire from the charge controller to the Lynx distributor. After checking polarity, I powered everything back up. It's kind of overcast, but the battery was still fully charged, and it went into absorption within a few minutes. After moving the RV back to storage, I turned on the Multiplus. I'll see what the SOC is tomorrow morning and how long it takes to bring the battery back to 100%.
Except for a couple of mounting bolts and more screws into the roof, the solar project is mostly done. I still have one more panel to mount and have all of the bits and pieces to get that done. I just need some cooler weather. I stopped at about 11:30 as it was already over 80°F and very muggy.
Saturday - This morning, I put in three screws on each strut channel into rafters. I believe that the rafters are just tubular aluminum based on the shavings that come out when drilling.
I also installed the fan with inlet and outlet grills. This just happens to be the outlet. I can’t quite finish this project as I need a temperature controller. I had an extra one, somewhere, but I can’t seem to find it.
Sunday - We have visitors! LivingLightRV are visiting from Canada, so we took them to the RiverWalk, the Alamo, and one of the missions. We had a wonderful lunch at a Mexican restaurant on the RiverWalk with enough leftovers for dinner.
I found the spare temperature controller and wired it in to control the fan. The fan works but the jury is out on whether there will be enough airflow.
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