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I pick up my platinum 450 black on black next week. I’m beyond excited! Cannot wait. It’s gonna be a beast!

KUTGW

Good job Harold, looks like it's working well.

Thanks for the knowledge. That was very helpful.

Such a nice clean system. The #1 perk of a van.... roof rack. all those holes scare me, I would have used 4 tubes of lap sealant 🤣 love the DIY gromets for the metal protection. Great job guys.

If you want to replace the 32 sd card do you need to buy two for each cam or just one ?

Thanks for sharing 😊😊😊

Would like to know where you got your power cord.

I have a 2021 RAM HQ Dually with auto levelling. How is the ride? Do you think it will tow heavier loads better than the RAM 3500 Dually with HQ?

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That train ride looks awesome! I'm happy that your friends gave you such a wonderful gift and you had such a great time. 👍🏾❤️

On our way there on the 15th of July….booked tickets on the train for us and the Grandkids! Thanks so much…

nice job

I imagine that place is super hot. I live here in Canada. I don't know places like that that are so desertic and hot.

That area looks really fun for exploring! We plan on being there next year and will have to check out some of these spots. The train seems like a nice way to see a lot of the beautiful landscape out there.

Thats the only thing with the Ford beside the CP4 pumps that eat themselves, they scream rpms downgrade even on a little 5%. I regularly run 8% and I have to lay off the exhaust brake to maintain 50 or it will go too slow in my RAM. The train excursion looked cool. I'll gave to look that one up. Thanks for sharing.

Looks awesome! What kind of fasteners did you use to fasten the panels down? And is that a fiberglass membrane roof?

What happened to seeing Santa Fe?

FWIW good quality wire loom (flexible cover) will protect the wire from the rough edges. I do a lot of wiring in boats that run through holes cut in aluminum and that is what I use to protect the wiring. I've never had a customer failure in 12 years.

KUTGW

Very cool!

for your own sake its important to be independent, not consult anyone, especially if they are getting paid for teaching you, you dont have anything that you cant yourself make

Too bad the panels are going to get way too "hot" it's going to compromise the panels, there's just not enough air flow under them, shame to have a beautiful system and compromise its output and its longevity, I've been working with solar longer than these people have been alive, you have to have adequate air flow under your panels

just put up a fresh solar system today also just studying it. See how it goes.500w

Beautiful truck and video. I wonder what the comfort level is between this and a Volvo VNL?

Use self tapping screws through the side ears so you can remove the panels if they get damaged Lotta work to unbolt them when you can’t get to the bolts

Nice job on the install. I have two comments - I would get rid of the rooftop isolator. They are nothing but trouble and a common failure point. They used to be mandatory in all Australian rooftop solar installations but they've been completely phased out in favour of isolators at the inverter/mppt input. They caused a bunch of fires and completely negated the added "safety". If you think about it an isolator at the inverter does exactly the same thing in a way more convenient and protected place. Secondly I'd like to see that exposed rooftop cabling in exterior PVC conduit (the corrugated flexible type). While the wire is rated for the use and (I hope) double insulated the roof is a particularly harsh UV environment. Not essential but it also offers some additional mechanical protection.

So good video, but that seems like a lot of work and money for 4 MBps.

Nice panels with lots of busbars. That's important. Wow, 96 holes in your roof. I thought I had a lot, at 54. Sweet system. It looks professionally done - very aesthetically appealing. The system we built works great but looks like a home-built system. If you don't have a racetrack you don't have to worry about its sharp edges. No one looks at our wiring but us. We're old, retired FTers who discovered we love to boondock. We boondocked for 10 months last year. We designed and built our system ourselves, on a tight budget. It took us 5 years to gather the resources and finally complete the project, doing all the work ourselves. We started by building a 620-watt liftable solar array on the side of our motorhome. Our side array makes a nice bedroom window awning too, practically lifting itself with a couple gas struts, and it's easy to clean, standing safely on the ground. Next, we built a 12v, 560ah LiFePo-4 battery using 8, 280ah prismatic cells and a Heltec 330amp BMS with a 5a active balancer. These cells fit perfectly under the steps of our MH where our old pair of golf cart batteries used to reside. We insulated the battery compartment, cut a small hole in our step risers and installed a tiny computer CPU fan to keep this space at close to room temperature, so we don't have to worry about the BMS shutting down charging due to low temperature - or their life reduced from getting too hot. Our 12v system uses an 80A Progressive Dynamics LFP converter/charger, a 1,000w Renogy inverter, a 50a Epever MPPT charge controller and a Lnex battery monitor. By mounting the solar array on the side of our coach, we left the roof free to rack 8, 550w solar panels down the length of our 35ft Class A, 15" off our roof, above our AC, vents, etc. We built the rack out of 2" 6061-T6 structural aluminum angle. The front 2 panels slope down at a shallow 9.5-degrees to meet the roof, producing a smooth laminar airflow over the array, making the RV more stable with less wind drag while driving too. It shades our entire roof, allowing plenty of cooling air underneath, increasing solar output and reducing the heat load on the air conditioners. Our overall height is still just under 12 ft. Yes, it required making 54 holes in our roof for the mounting bolts, (3 in each foot) but each hole was filled with Henry's silicone caulking, before coating the entire roof, completely covering all array mounting feet, bolts, etc. with Henry's Tropicool 887, with a lifetime guarantee. Our 4,400w array can run both our A/Cs, household appliances and charge our batteries from solar at the same time. We mounted a Sungold Power all-in-one 48V, 5,000W Inverter/100A charge controller/battery charger, breakers and a Lnex battery monitor on the wall in our bedroom, saving us space as well as money compared to a system built with individual components. This all-in-one unit has the same 99% charging and 95% inverter efficiency as the high end Victron unit, though it cost us only $764. We chose this particular unit because it supports up to 500 volts of solar power which was needed to accommodate our 400voc solar array. Our 48v battery uses 16, 320ah prismatic cells and a 200amp Heltec BMS to keep it safe. Together with our 560ah 12v bank, we have a total of 23.5 kwh of batteries onboard - kept charged by 5,020 watts of solar. This is the equivalent storage capacity of 18, 100ah batteries. We removed the rooftop A/C we had in the bedroom and replaced it with an EG4 28.5 seer-2, 12k btu mini-split heat pump on the upper rear of our motorhome. It's super quiet and cools as well as our 14.5k btu soft start equipped Furrion we installed up front. This second phase provides 24/7 off-grid air conditioning and heat from the heat pump. We have a total off-grid electrical self-sufficiency without the need to run our generator, for a total budget of around $11,500, including the high-efficiency heat pump.

Wonderful! The county is pronounced "Ross-common"

I was thinking about mounting some panels vertically on the sides of my Class A. Might look a little gaudy, but there is plenty of surface area. Maybe with some adjustable brackets to tilt them upward a bit.

You may want to use a drill /7mm socket to mount your z-brackets, it is 100 times faster. And you want to make sure all the brackets are at the same place on each PV panel. Yes, the panels will produce as soon as the sun hits them, but most good panels use the MC4 connectors and you cannot get shocked, just never plug the connectors together on the same panel. I have several solar systems at my house, at my business, and I do have an RV Class A. I have always used the Z-brackets, but was skeptical about using them on the RV as the roof is so thin. The wiremold was a nice touch. Nice job, does not look like a bird's nest. You can get metal clips to secure your wiring on the roof to the panel frames.

You miiiight want to look into Mini-Split AC systems. Those rooftop ACs are so inefficient. For some reason none of the manufacturers will use more modern inverter compressors, and the condensers and evaporators are always undersized. The BEST rooftop AC on the market uses twice as much power as an average minisplit system. You can get a 3-4 zone minisplit system for ~$2000 nowadays, and have one large unit on the back of the RV with 3-4 registers throughout the RV. They ALSO do heat, and are MUCH quieter. You could probably also sell your rooftop AC's for $1000 each since they look to be in good condition, so you could buy the minisplit, tools, mounting brackets, etc for under $3k. It's a pretty easy project that just requires a few hours of learning.

What does you battery banks look like

Great job. Question how do you connect 2 inverters to your AC panel? Both in parallel to panel and from pedestal?

I think you can fit one more!😂😂. Just kidding! That’s awesome!!! I know a review video is coming. Super excited for that.

Adam De Lay breaks down how to quite well on his home system he installed recently. Multiple ways to do it.

Im in the process of rebuilding my entire roof and solar setup in my 1994 30' 5th wheel. We dont have many needs and live on the west coast of Canada. But we'll have 4 x 405w 36v panels. 3 x 200ah lifePo4. 2 x 60A Renogy MPPT and a 3000w Renogy/Rover Charge/Inverter. Should be plenty for our current needs with low sun in the winter. Love your tidy basement setup. Super clean 🤌

That is one slick wiring job! Nice work!

Also, more important to an RV DIY Power System is DC to DC charging. In the Military, I was a Fuel & Electrical Systems Specialist. Please let me help with a Powerful Suggestion: 1. Great Solar should be secondary. 2. Primary Power should be DC to DC charging. That's extremely powerful!! 3. You should use your Diesel Truck engine to supply power to your RV! Especially when you're on the go and the weather is bad. You could do it quite safely and efficiently. 4. MY SUGGESTION; to get a secondary Alternator install professionally in your Tow Vehicle. Perhaps a BALMAR XT-Series 250 Amp/12 Volt Alternator. Set up TWO Victron Orion XS 12/12-50A DC-DC Battery Charger. That will give you 100 amp hours of power going into your batteries as you move from area to areas. Or you can just idle your Diesel Engine when you're low on power, and if the Weather is bad. Nate from Explorer's Life shows people how to set up two DC to DC chargers. God Bless you 🙏

Great job on the install! I am jealous, we need more panels for when we are boon docking. Glad it all worked out for you guys. Miss ya! --Jen

You got lucky security didn’t catch you videoing in the casino. Every casino I’ve been in if you even look like you’re going to take a picture security is right there to tell us no. We even have to take off our Apple Watch at the card tables

Wow

You spend all that money and you go on you tube

You guys should not have to worry about nothing

Unbelievable

Wow

Its odd nobody in RV's are building there own battery boxes. You can get MB30/31 cells which have 330ah each for $70 per cell so $1120 for 16 cells which give 16kw of power and you can get a box for $550 so that is $1670. do that 2 times $3340 for 32kw of battery storage. This is for 48v systems which is much better than 12v. Also each box can put out 10kw each of power. Buying those 100ah cells for 5kw each is much more expensive. They also have less cycles of life.

yay do that to mine

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