What is this

[Bigfoot88]

I have a 2020 Shasta 21ck travel trailer and on the outside there is a place labeled Solar but I can find no sign of a solar charge controller inside nor is there and panels on the roof. Does anyone know what this plug-in is really for and what it does

 

[Mark_K5LXP]

Description says "solar panel prep" which implies there is wiring in place from that connector to the vicinity of the batteries. Adding portable panels, a controller and hookup is up to you.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

 

[Bigfoot88]

Description says "solar panel prep" which implies there is wiring in place from that connector to the vicinity of the batteries. Adding portable panels, a controller and hookup is up to you.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

thank, you I will try to find that wiring, so where should the controller go and is the output from the controller that is plugged into the solar input plug

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

Small solar panels, e.g. 20-50 watts, wouldn't even need a controller because the max current is only a trickle anyway. Typically those solar prep set-ups have light duty wire, maybe 16 or 18 gauge, so are limited in the size panel they can handle anyway. If you need a controller, it could be external to that plug, or at the other end just ahead of where the wire connects to the battery. What ever is convenient.

 

[Bigfoot88]

Small solar panels, e.g. 20-50 watts, wouldn't even need a controller because the max current is only a trickle anyway. Typically those solar prep set-ups have light duty wire, maybe 16 or 18 gauge, so are limited in the size panel they can handle anyway. If you need a controller, it could be external to that plug, or at the other end just ahead of where the wire connects to the battery. What ever is convenient.

Thank you