Solar panels!

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 underneith

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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

20140806_201547-blogmounted and 3 way splitters installed for a future panel addition. panels are lag bolted into the 2x4s on custom aluminum L brackets

 

 

 

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