Our New 303RLS is Great But.........

[RoadmasterD]

We've had the new unit for about five days now and the goodies are rolling in fast. In progress or planned:

Electrical:
VE MultiPlus 3000
VE Digital Multi Control
VE Batt Temp Sensor
VE Lynx Distributor
VE Smart Dongle
VE Smart Solar MPPT 100/50
VE Battery Monitor BMV-715
Battle Born 100ah 12v (3 now one more later)
800+/- watts of solar (coming soon)
Baomain Universal Rotary Changeover Switch (to allow inverter to feed both legs of AC panel or one when connected to 50A shore power/gen)
Winegard Gateway 1000 Wi-Fi router / cellular (attached to the pre installed Winegard 360 Air on the roof)
Bedroom TV and Blu-ray player
Sound bar and wireless sub in living room
Dish Net Walley (living room and bedroom)
Additional USB outlets above bed

Just received some packages today

 

[RoadmasterD]

Outside Mods:

Added the Furrion backup camera
Reese Explore ProSeries 63153 Rambler Cargo Carrier
ROLA 59516 LED Light Kit for Cargo Carrier
StowAway Hitch Tightener, Anti-Rattle Stabilizer for 2 Inch
Ladder rack for bikes/chairs

Basement Mods:
Slide out (planning to make outdoor kitchen setup for my Blackstone Griddle and/or Green Mountain Davey Crocket pellet grill)
Cord Reel (maybe if space allows)
Mounting Inverter/Batteries inside basement for heat during cold weather
Plexiglass window in bulkhead mod
Reclaim wasted space under stairs mod (help with battery location)
Lifetime table hanger mod
various hooks and such
Wire shelf in front compartment mod

By the way, thanks to all of the basement mod pioneers for the ideas. Will post pictures as the work gets done.

Darrin

 

[Canyonlight]

Wow - Darrin, you been busy "ringing the cash register !" Many nice mods and upgrades. Thanks for sharing.....look forward to future posts and pictures.

Dan

 

[Kenneth]

We have a 303RLS as well, 2019. Have not done any solar mods, but have done many others. Morryde rubber king pin, SRE 4000, 6000 pound axles, Boar wheels and tires, bathroom faucet, mattress, removed cabinet doors above the coffee bar. We are very happy with our GD.

 

[RoadmasterD]

Wow - Darrin, you been busy "ringing the cash register !" Many nice mods and upgrades. Thanks for sharing.....look forward to future posts and pictures.

Dan

Too true, I was showing the inverter to my DW last night and she said “How much did that cost?.....Never mind, I don’t want to know.”

 

[RoadmasterD]

We have a 303RLS as well, 2019. Have not done any solar mods, but have done many others. Morryde rubber king pin, SRE 4000, 6000 pound axles, Boar wheels and tires, bathroom faucet, mattress, removed cabinet doors above the coffee bar. We are very happy with our GD.

Sounds like you focused on the important stuff first, I’m kind of a technical geek so I’m excited about the electronics.

We’ve been drooling over the GD lines for many years, going to RV shows every chance we get. We started out thinking a Momentum toy hauler would be great, then fell in love with the Solitude with the back bedroom/small garage, then ended up with the 303. In the end we decided that a little smaller but more living space would be better for us.

Can’t wait to take her on a shake down cruise this coming weekend.

 

[rrlowen]

That sounds like our program. Bought the 303 last October and since then added: 4-100Ah lithiums, 3000W inverter, 650W solar, remote battery monitoring, TPMS, Furrion cameras (3). My wife just rolls her eyes now when I tell her what I bought lately. The 2 big ones were when I said I was buying a new truck and new hitch. We traded our 2019 GMC 3500 Duramax for the 2021 GMC 3500 AT4 Duramax and since the new truck has the puck system, also bought a B&W Companion hitch.
Such fun!!! Now if we can only find camping spots all will be well.

 

[Dick Noble]

You must have won the Powerball.

 

[RoadmasterD]

............ We traded our 2019 GMC 3500 Duramax for the 2021 GMC 3500 AT4 Duramax and since the new truck has the puck system, also bought a B&W Companion hitch.
Such fun!!! Now if we can only find camping spots all will be well.

I suspect my wife would draw the line at buying a new truck. She keeps telling me she wants a new Defender and I say “it won’t pull the trailer.”

 

[Da Breeze]

[/QUOTE] Such fun!!!
Now if we can only find camping spots all will be well. [/QUOTE]

THAT, my friend, will be the most frustrating part of your new adventure !!
Good thing you have all that solar power cause you're gonna need it boondocking !!

Have fun... but keep.expectations in check.

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[RoadmasterD]

Well, I finally had time to work on my solar-battery-inverter install. Here are some pictures showing my approach to solving the problem of conserving storage space while adding all the goodies. In the end, I think I actually gained some space.

Solar panels - 8 100 watt Renogy panels on the roof



Battery Install - 3 100AH Battle Born Lithiums
I was able to move things around and stash the batteries behind the aft basement partition.

 

[RoadmasterD]

Inverter Install - MultiPlus 3000
I was able to relocate the Lippert Controller and reclaim some space for the inverter



Laying out the equipment panel

 

[RoadmasterD]

MPPT Controller - Victron 100/50




I used the selector switch to allow the inverter to power both legs of the AC panel when connected to the inverter or a 30 amp service

 

[RoadmasterD]

Finished Assembly

I tried to keep the wires away from the floor and out the way but the 4/0 wire is a challenge to route. In the end I was able to keep most of the conductors behind the wall.




I placed the BMV-712 and Inverter control behind what was a dummy door held closed with a screw. I'll use the blue tooth app on my phone but my DW will want to have a switch she can flip to turn on the inverter.


I now have a front compartment with no batteries and plenty of room for adding storage shelves and a tool box. Can't wait to start on that mod.

 

[Spartacus]

Nice, very nicely done you should be all set now, my fiver been to the dealer since before Xmas and I don't know when they are going to be done, it getting some warranty work done.

 

[Canyonlight]

Yes [MENTION=37346]RoadmasterD[/MENTION] - X2......well done ! Thanks, for sharing the pictures and narrative. Your solar install along with those shared by several others has been a good learning tool for me and many others.

Dan

 

[RoJoSo]

Your install is very impressive. Very clean. Great work.

From the roof, to the basement, where and how did you come down with the solar panel wires?

 

[RoadmasterD]

Your install is very impressive. Very clean. Great work.

From the roof, to the basement, where and how did you come down with the solar panel wires?

Thanks, I used the existing wiring that GD provided as the “Solar Ready” package. It’s a 10 AWG wire that ran from the roof to the front compartment. They also included a pre-wired Jaboni brand box with MC4 connectors installed in the roof.

I installed the panels as two parallel strings of four in series. This gives me about 80 volts and 12 Amps. The 10 AWG wire can handle around 30 Amps +/-

 

[NASCAR9]

Looks great! You're much more ambitious than me, I thought what I did to our 303 was a lot.

 

[RoadmasterD]

Looks great! You're much more ambitious than me, I thought what I did to our 303 was a lot.

Thanks, it’s a bit out of necessity as well. We spend a lot of time off grid and I’d like to minimize the generator run time.