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11-12-2021, 08:09 PM #11
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I agree with you 100%, but an informed buyer does not get trapped.
I'm glad you posted the information about Furrion product. This information allows others to make a better decision for themselves. In the end, its not the company that 'rips you off' but the buyer willingly giving them their money for an over priced product. Furrion is not forcing anyone to buy their products.
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11-13-2021, 02:22 AM #12
I stay under 30 amps for 10 gauge wire. I did this because it is good fro 30 amps on a 30' run, and it is pretty much impossible to determine just how long the run is after it is installed, without removing it to measure..... And I DID not want to just guess that it it would be OK
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11-13-2021, 04:41 AM #13
On another note: Are you running your new panels and your Furrion panel thru the same Furrion controller? If so, how is it configured>
In most cases it is not going to match up well, and you will lose output. Possibly a lot of output.
Please post the specs for all panels as well as for the controller, for a better answer....
I already went thru this process on my 398M2021 398M Full Body Paint 8k axles. LRH tires. Disc brakes.
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11-13-2021, 06:00 AM #14
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One way to extend the length you can run your cabling is to up the voltage by combining your Solar panels in series.
For example: my four Solar panels are 37 volts each, by combining two of them in series and then combining the pairs in parallel (2s/2p) configuration, I increased my voltage from the roof to the Solar charge controller to 74 volts which 10 awg wire can easily handle for that distance (FYI: I used 10 awg wire on the roof and 6 awg from the roof to my Solar Controller).David and Peggy
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11-13-2021, 06:50 AM #15
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A Watt is a Watt regardless of the voltage. The 74 volts has no bearing on wether or not the size of the wire (in AWG) can accommodate it. The ampacity will determine the wire size, the insulation for the solar wiring is either going to be rated at 600v or 300v and that will determine how much voltage you run through the cableBill & Colleen ~ Schwenksville, Pa
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11-13-2021, 07:05 AM #16
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You are correct, the amps determine the appropriate wire size, however, combining your Solar panels in series will increase the voltage without increasing the amperage. Conversely, paralleling your Solar panels will increase the amperage without increasing the voltage.
Depending on the number of Solar panels in your array, if you parallel all your panels, you could exceed the amperage rating of your wiring. The example I used showed one way to safely use smaller gauge wire to get the Solar energy off the roof, especially if your installation involved a long cable run.David and Peggy
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11-13-2021, 01:56 PM #17
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I'm running approx. 10 to 20 amps depending on how I wire my panels. I may just run them in series so I[d be at 10 amps but then I may try a 2s2p setup to see the difference but I'm still maxing out at 20 amps.
As I said in my OP, I removed all the Furrion stuff. I may decide to reuse bth if I want to set up a portable carryout panel but who knows. For now I have 800w of RICH panels running through a 100|50 VE SmartSolar charge controller.Paul "Poppy" and Deb Cervone
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11-17-2021, 03:08 PM #18
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I sympathize with your frustration. Furrion products leave a lot to be desired. We have a 303 rls. The oven and range is furrion. I HATE the oven and hardly use it. Better to use my BBQ for an oven. The furrion never maintains temperature and runs a fan constantly. It is close to junk. The range top is only usable for low flame by starting on high and rotating slowly clockwise toward off, to get a low flame. Fortunately for me, when I did my solar roof install, it was not pre wired. I did all my connections from scratch with mc4 and 10 gauge wire. BTW, I also use two 100 watt suitcase solar panels. They are connected with a furrion plug through the front of the 5th wheel and wired to the batteries. I think the wire gauge was 14. I changed it out to 12 gauge.
Glad you got yours figured out.Alan and Paula
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11-18-2021, 06:14 AM #19
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Furrion makes me Furrious! 3 of their microwaves died in leas than 3 years on our 2018 337rls. We purchases a 100 watt suitcase solar panel and found the plug did not fit the outlet on the 5th wheel. We did find an after market plug that we were able to splice on. Hopefully someone has developed a bypass for the furrion connectors or will soon
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11-18-2021, 10:28 AM #20
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We who end up buying a Grand Design trailer do so because of top rated customer service and for the layout and designs of our RV. It is unfortunate for us that Grand Design choose Furrion as the manufacturer of many of the appliances installed in our RVs. We, the buyer, don't have much control over that if we want to purchase a G.D. RV, other then spending extra money to replace items. So yes. I would think that we are forced into buying there products through default, by zG.D. choice of using them as a vendor.
Alan and Paula
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