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Re: Xantrex ProSine PS 2.5 Inverter/Charger

Reply #20 –
Gordon,

If you find a way to route the cable, please post and let us know.  Would be great to know how.  Good luck.  By the way, I mounted the remote in a small balsa wood box (cigar box).  Protects well and looks nice.

David

Re: Xantrex ProSine PS 2.5 Inverter/Charger

Reply #21 –
Thanks.  I will let you know if successful.  It may be a few weeks before I get to it.

Re: Xantrex ProSine PS 2.5 Inverter/Charger

Reply #22 –
My local guy had no trouble routing a cat5 cable from my solar charger, installed below the inverter-charger, to the monitor, mounted above the refrigerator, right next to the xantrex remote. When I get back home I'll ask how he did it.

Re: Xantrex ProSine PS 2.5 Inverter/Charger

Reply #23 –
I tackled the installation of the new Xantrex 3012 this weekend.  Although it is fairly heavy (install instructions say it takes two), the installation of the unit was pretty straightforward.  In fact I was able to use the existing two lower mounting points for the new unit.  The routing of the new cable for the control unit was another matter.  I elected to go from the top down.  The existing cable goes down behind the refrigerator then into the floor space and then runs horizontally through the floor cavity to just above the unit.  I was able to get down the area behind the refrigerator.  After removing as much of the foam insulation as I could, I was able to shove a fish tape down to the bottom of the fridge.  I then pulled a piece of tie wire back up to the upper cabinet.  I then used that wire to pull the fish tape back up and rigged the nozzle from a caulking tube as a leading point, tying the head of the new wire to the fish tape through to nozzle and was able to pull it down to the bottom of the fridge.  I then drilled a 5/8" hole in the floor of the fridge cabinet just behind where the two bundles of wires drop down.
I then removed as much of the caulking as I could from where those bundles of wires penetrated the lower compartment ceiling.  With a long pointed 1/4" rod with a small hole drilled near the tip, I was able to snake it through the wires and pipes in the floor cavity to the hole I had drilled above.  By using a lighted probe with a screen view inserted just into the hole, I was able to guide the rod up through hole, attach the new cable as before and pull it into the lower compartment and route it over the ceiling to the unit.  The new control unit is wider than the old one but it will fit by overlapping the AC monitor just a little.  There is a small gap at the bottom from the old hole, but hardly noticeable behind the tinted glass door.  I did have to lower the magnet and latch to clear the unit.  Amazingly, it all works. Hope this helps.  Gordon

Re: Xantrex ProSine PS 2.5 Inverter/Charger

Reply #24 –
Gordon,

Sounds like you had fun. James Triana told me the same routing behind fridge, etc. Our fridge is probably 8'-10'
 from the panel area on the wall. Just doesn't seam like the same routing. You would then have to traverse through two bays to get back to the area where the inverter is located. It is directly below the panel in ours in the bay just behind the LP tank.

Is this the same area you tracked over/through or is your fridge and panel closer together?

David
 

Re: Xantrex ProSine PS 2.5 Inverter/Charger

Reply #25 –
David: On my 36' the compartment containing the charger/inverter goes under the refrigerator compartment by a few inches so I was able to go directly into that compartment and then run overhead to the front of the compartment where the unit is.  Although there appears to be a gap between the compartment walls, I assume you should be able to drill through and install a small conduit to route between compartments. Good luck.  Gordon