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After much deliberation over RV's this past year we decided to go with the GD Solitude 310-R earlier this year and so far we love it! Before buying the trailer we knew that we wanted a sizable solar system and we intentionally ordered the coach with the residential fridge and the generator prep. I will try my best to answer any questions and give a good overview of our system. We can't wait to get out and use or GD even more!
Solar panels: 12x Hi-Tech 200w with tilting brackets
Batteries: 6x Battleborn GC2's
Inverters: 2x Victron Multiplus 12/3000
Solar Controllers: 2x SmartSolar 150/70 Ve.Can
Controller: Victron Venus paired to an iPad mini
Battery Management: Victron Lynx and Blue Sea battery switches
Extras: 50' 50amp power cord reel, Micro-Air soft starts cap's
Power management
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I'll attach the photo's below so they can all stay together, our maiden trip to Death Valley went great, the install was 90% and worked better then our expectations. The final 4 Hi-Tech solar panels have arrived and are now installed so hopefully we won't have to tilt the panels as often for short stays. The last few things we are having done will be a protective cover in the pass through compartment to protect everything from all of our camping gear. As well as finishing the "decorative" panels to cover around the batteries and installing some lights in the pass through bay.
One of our main concerns with the entire install was where in the world everything was going to fit! We worked closely with our installer and he did a great job explaining everything and working with us on the entire layout. At the end of the install we actually gained storage space in out front pass through, I was amazed how much wasted space was behind that rear wall. Another key part was that we didn't want to have to worry about power consumption, so everything designed to be "behind the scenes" meaning that we can camp in our camper as if we were on hookups. With the exception of the AC's, for now. We are able to monitor every part of the electrical system through the iPad and the victron app, hopefully Victron will come out with a new app soon enough but overall we are very pleased!
Feel free to ask any questions and I will try to answer then best I can, i may have to reach out to the installer if I can't find the answer.
-Main Install
-Victron Components
-Battery Bank
One unique feature that we did was to "burry" all of the solar cables. As you can see here we have 4 places in the roof where the solar panels plug directly into the junction ports in the roof and all of the power wires are run inside the roof rather then on top of the roof. While some would consider it to be overkill we don't have to worry about sun fading wires and are left with a very clean install.
-Solar Ports
All setup in Death Valley with our panels tilted, we did find that tilting the panels made a huge difference since it was almost winter time (even though it was 90 out).
-Death Valley Tilted Panels
After much deliberation over RV's this past year we decided to go with the GD Solitude 310-R earlier this year and so far we love it! Before buying the trailer we knew that we wanted a sizable solar system and we intentionally ordered the coach with the residential fridge and the generator prep. I will try my best to answer any questions and give a good overview of our system. We can't wait to get out and use or GD even more!
Solar panels: 12x Hi-Tech 200w with tilting brackets
Batteries: 6x Battleborn GC2's
Inverters: 2x Victron Multiplus 12/3000
Solar Controllers: 2x SmartSolar 150/70 Ve.Can
Controller: Victron Venus paired to an iPad mini
Battery Management: Victron Lynx and Blue Sea battery switches
Extras: 50' 50amp power cord reel, Micro-Air soft starts cap's
Power management
rogressive Dynamics Surge GuardI'll attach the photo's below so they can all stay together, our maiden trip to Death Valley went great, the install was 90% and worked better then our expectations. The final 4 Hi-Tech solar panels have arrived and are now installed so hopefully we won't have to tilt the panels as often for short stays. The last few things we are having done will be a protective cover in the pass through compartment to protect everything from all of our camping gear. As well as finishing the "decorative" panels to cover around the batteries and installing some lights in the pass through bay.
One of our main concerns with the entire install was where in the world everything was going to fit! We worked closely with our installer and he did a great job explaining everything and working with us on the entire layout. At the end of the install we actually gained storage space in out front pass through, I was amazed how much wasted space was behind that rear wall. Another key part was that we didn't want to have to worry about power consumption, so everything designed to be "behind the scenes" meaning that we can camp in our camper as if we were on hookups. With the exception of the AC's, for now. We are able to monitor every part of the electrical system through the iPad and the victron app, hopefully Victron will come out with a new app soon enough but overall we are very pleased!
Feel free to ask any questions and I will try to answer then best I can, i may have to reach out to the installer if I can't find the answer.
-Main Install
-Victron Components
-Battery Bank
One unique feature that we did was to "burry" all of the solar cables. As you can see here we have 4 places in the roof where the solar panels plug directly into the junction ports in the roof and all of the power wires are run inside the roof rather then on top of the roof. While some would consider it to be overkill we don't have to worry about sun fading wires and are left with a very clean install.
-Solar Ports
All setup in Death Valley with our panels tilted, we did find that tilting the panels made a huge difference since it was almost winter time (even though it was 90 out).
-Death Valley Tilted Panels
