Adding Solar power to my travel trailer

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Solar power is essential to me in a trailer. I went with 2 175 watt panels and four 6v deep cycle trojan 105 batteries. I added a distro box for the DC and the ac is ran independant with the ability to plug it into the xantrex 2000 watt inverter if needed.
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wiring coming along (wasnt done yet)
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inverter mount and trimetric meter
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after insulation
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2×4 mounts to the steel girder underneath
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the exposed black struts are what the mounts attach to for reference. my wood slats are to attach the insulation
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mounts have hinges for future angle tweaking
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mounted and 3 way splitters installed for a future panel addition. panels are lag bolted into the 2x4s on custom aluminum L brackets.

Next I'll do a post about Insulating the inside to survive burning man.

Vaxination

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