udidwht
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I've replaced the old small solar panel that sits atop the AC cover on my Fleetwood Southwind RV and the light on the small LED indicator inside on the backside of the AC panel was on for a bit (not sure exactly how long) then went off. It has not been on since.
The new panel I used was the following: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013W38TTK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The old panel was the same as the one in the following video (not my video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJAKHubjHlk&t=137s
Anyone know or confirm what exactly does this rooftop panel charge/maintain battery wise?
Is it possible with the new panel installed to have it charge all the batteries? I've located the fuse for the solar panel up front above the AC condenser/radiator (5 amp) and it is good. I have up front (2) 6 volt golf cart batteries and a rear (12v) Deep cycle) that sits in a plastic container up high for the hitch. I'm going to replace them given their age (10 years). Also have the 12volt chassis battery for starting. Which I replaced last September.
Also the old panel had a black/white wire and gray wire from it that was spliced into a 2-wire (yellow & black) wire harness that ran down into the RV to the small LED solar monitor light. The small LED light has (2) wires from it red/black. The wires from the roof are connected to the LED monitor panel via yellow to red (via plastic connector) and the black wire from the LED is connected to a black wire that runs across and into an access hole out of view.
I take it the LED monitor wires run direct to the chassis battery? Or at least the red one does and the black grounds somewhere after leaving the access hole up under the AC interior cover?
The new panel I used was the following: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013W38TTK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The old panel was the same as the one in the following video (not my video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJAKHubjHlk&t=137s
Anyone know or confirm what exactly does this rooftop panel charge/maintain battery wise?
Is it possible with the new panel installed to have it charge all the batteries? I've located the fuse for the solar panel up front above the AC condenser/radiator (5 amp) and it is good. I have up front (2) 6 volt golf cart batteries and a rear (12v) Deep cycle) that sits in a plastic container up high for the hitch. I'm going to replace them given their age (10 years). Also have the 12volt chassis battery for starting. Which I replaced last September.
Also the old panel had a black/white wire and gray wire from it that was spliced into a 2-wire (yellow & black) wire harness that ran down into the RV to the small LED solar monitor light. The small LED light has (2) wires from it red/black. The wires from the roof are connected to the LED monitor panel via yellow to red (via plastic connector) and the black wire from the LED is connected to a black wire that runs across and into an access hole out of view.
I take it the LED monitor wires run direct to the chassis battery? Or at least the red one does and the black grounds somewhere after leaving the access hole up under the AC interior cover?