Solar system progress

Chris and Neil from Solar Wind Works arrived a little after 9 AM. After I did a little talk on the HughesNet satellite internet system and DirecTV setup, they set to work on the solar system install. They had to leave at 2 PM to work on another job but they got the E panel and MX60 charge controller mounted. Chris informed me that there will be a change in the installation of the solar panels. After checking, Chris says it will be possible for the five new 130 watt panels to be wired for a 60 volt array instead of the 48 volt array we were originally planning. The original 85 watt panel will stay on its original charge controller as a separate system. The charge controller will be moved though to clean things up.

I borrowed one of their variable speed drills to drill a hole in the floor near the end off the rig in the lounge area for routing short cables to connect to the receive and transmit cables for the HughesNet satellite system and the cable for DirecTV. The short cables were then routed through an existing hole that had been used for the towing wires which were previously removed and exited in the continental kit at the rear of the Lazy Daze. The receive and transmit cables for the HughesNet satellite system and the cable for DirecTV connect to the short cables in the continental kit and then go to the dish via the external cover of the continental kit where the connector for the towing harness used to be. This arrangement allows me to coil the cables around the spare tire when getting ready to move on the road.