Solar Panel Install on 2019 Reflection 337RLS

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Well Good Morning to all!
So here goes, I searched some but didn't find what I was looking for so apologies if this is a duplicate to some other thread.
Unit: 2019 Reflection 337RLS Fifth Wheel. Earlier 2019 as it was purchase september of 19.
I am going ot install my solar panel and wondering where you if you did run the wire through the roof.
I was planning on utilizing the area next to the tank vent, although mine has a 90* bend then down the wall. Weird they did it that way.
My plan is to maseure, (very carefully) from the vent or skylight in bathroom to locate the wall and go down it.
I shoul dbe able to make it to the basement down the wall behind the toilet.
If i need any access points, I can do that inside cabinets where those places can be closed up easily.
Any thoughts!!!!
Thanks in advance.
Jeff
 
I used the cavity behind the toilet. I removed the wall and used a long drill bit to go up thru roof 1st. Then enlarged hole from on top of the roof for wiring down to controller.
 
Good Idea, you took the whole wall panel off?
or I guess I could access that way through the cabinet?
 
Curious.... how was that wall attached and/or what method did you use to remove it?

Small brad type nails on trim. Staples on the wall. Easy....just take your time. Possible you may have to remove toilet or light to get wall out. I bent it over the toilet but removed light......not hard.
 
Small brad type nails on trim. Staples on the wall. Easy....just take your time. Possible you may have to remove toilet or light to get wall out. I bent it over the toilet but removed light......not hard.

Good info, thanks!
 
Solar conduit from roof to basement.

Well Good Morning to all!
So here goes, I searched some but didn't find what I was looking for so apologies if this is a duplicate to some other thread.
Unit: 2019 Reflection 337RLS Fifth Wheel. Earlier 2019 as it was purchase september of 19.
I am going ot install my solar panel and wondering where you if you did run the wire through the roof.
I was planning on utilizing the area next to the tank vent, although mine has a 90* bend then down the wall. Weird they did it that way.
My plan is to maseure, (very carefully) from the vent or skylight in bathroom to locate the wall and go down it.
I shoul dbe able to make it to the basement down the wall behind the toilet.
If i need any access points, I can do that inside cabinets where those places can be closed up easily.
Any thoughts!!!!
Thanks in advance.
Jeff

I have a 303rls 2018, I read on some posts by forum members that they removed the wall behind the toilet. I went in the basement and you can look up the wall cavity and see the vent pipe running inside the wall up to the roof, along with some electrical cables as well.
I went on the roof and drilled a small hole 3-4” away from the vent pipe inside the same wall cavity, I then used a fiberglass fish stick and dropped down from the roof to make sure it was a clear run all the way thru. I drilled a 1” hole in the roof, run the fish stick down into the basement, and tied a 3/4” liquidtite conduit to the end and pulled it thru to the roof. I placed a 6x6x6 plastic Jbox over the Conduit, sealed all the way around the base of the box. I now have a conduit all the way to the roof I can run wire to the basement from my solar on the roof,it has enough space in the conduit I can run another pair of cable if I upgrade my solar later on. Not sure if your fifthwheel has the same floor plan. Long story but I think this way you can avoid removing all the panels in the bathroom wall. ?
 
Thanks for the info. Following this trip, I am going to tackle this project. just didn't have time before we left to get r done.
I am goign to be forced to remove wall panel as the vent make a bend in the ceiling before it drops down the wall. weird but it does.
Floor plan is similar but why GD did this with the vent is really weird. No biggie and maybe beneficial as i will be able to drill from inside the wall up through the roof without missing anything.
thanks for all the input.
 
Thanks for the info. Following this trip, I am going to tackle this project. just didn't have time before we left to get r done.
I am goign to be forced to remove wall panel as the vent make a bend in the ceiling before it drops down the wall. weird but it does.
Floor plan is similar but why GD did this with the vent is really weird. No biggie and maybe beneficial as i will be able to drill from inside the wall up through the roof without missing anything.
thanks for all the input.

Verify that you do not have a Satellite wiring chase installed in your coach. We had a sticker marked "Satellite Cable" on the top of our hold and a 6 inch "metal patch" on the roof above it. Between the two was a conduit, this is where I ran the Solar wires. Since your coach is a year newer than mine, you might have the same conduit pre-installed.
 
Verify that you do not have a Satellite wiring chase installed in your coach. We had a sticker marked "Satellite Cable" on the top of our hold and a 6 inch "metal patch" on the roof above it. Between the two was a conduit, this is where I ran the Solar wires. Since your coach is a year newer than mine, you might have the same conduit pre-installed.

Will it be marked on the roof?
I don't recall seeing one up there but I will check it out today.
the other satelite stuff is in the basement by the flush / fill panel.
 
Will it be marked on the roof?
I don't recall seeing one up there but I will check it out today.
the other satelite stuff is in the basement by the flush / fill panel.

No, it was just a square patch on the roof with self leveling goop around it. It was about 5 or 6 inches square.
 
We have done a solar installation on both a 2019 303 and a 2024 337. Both times I went through the wall between the toilet and the hutch. On the 303 I found it easiest to move a few inches to the left side of the toilet vent to drill down through the roof. You can remove the vent cover and possibly see around it. It is easy enough to reseal. On the 337 there was a Wi-Fi antenna to the left of the vent that I removed and could access the underside and see where to drill a hole. Hope this helps. But careful as my paddle drill bit caught some wires on the 303 but I caught it quickly enough that no damage was done.

Brian
 
Well Good Morning to all!
So here goes, I searched some but didn't find what I was looking for so apologies if this is a duplicate to some other thread.
Unit: 2019 Reflection 337RLS Fifth Wheel. Earlier 2019 as it was purchase september of 19.
I am going ot install my solar panel and wondering where you if you did run the wire through the roof.
I was planning on utilizing the area next to the tank vent, although mine has a 90* bend then down the wall. Weird they did it that way.
My plan is to maseure, (very carefully) from the vent or skylight in bathroom to locate the wall and go down it.
I shoul dbe able to make it to the basement down the wall behind the toilet.
If i need any access points, I can do that inside cabinets where those places can be closed up easily.
Any thoughts!!!!
Thanks in advance.
Jeff
My 337 vent pipe also does the same thing and turns 90° back towards the hutch. Be careful running down behind the toilet because there is a lot of crap in that wall. And the wall sits on the aluminum tube framing underneath so it's not easy to get past. Here's a picture someone else sent me of that wall opened up.
 

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