Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #50 – October 24, 2023, 04:21:18 pm Just out of curiosity. What is your finished height now?Our '89 GV measures 11'4" to the top of our storage pod above the bedroom.Better safe than sorry. Quote Selected
Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #51 – October 24, 2023, 05:44:31 pm One of my concerns with this racking system is redundancy for securing the panels down. Even though these rails are rated for 160mph winds, I hate not having a backup way to keep them down if the t bolt pulled out of the channel. I've attached a picture so you can see what I'm talking about. Since two is one and one is none, I decided to add 4 band clamps on each panel. They aren't the primary means of securing the panels but they're there incase of an oh-shit moment. @nitehawk ill get you overall measurements. Still definitely under 12' but maybe even 11 Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #52 – October 24, 2023, 05:51:41 pm Quote from: nitehawk – October 24, 2023, 04:21:18 pmJust out of curiosity. What is your finished height now?Our '89 GV measures 11'4" to the top of our storage pod above the bedroom.Better safe than sorry.10.66' at the front most panel. Coach is off right now so it may come up a bit but the front airbags are still pretty full from driving it yesterday. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #53 – November 06, 2023, 07:48:01 am Well, we hit some of the gnarliest wind I've driven a coach through near the solar farms between Kingman and Las Vegas. Ventusky said 50+ mph gusts. The panels didn't move an inch and everything is still secure up there. It was trial by fire but she held up well. Quote Selected 14 Likes
Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #54 – October 19, 2024, 05:20:30 pm One of the things we learned this summer is that in hot weather the little pie fans I put in the closet do not move enough air out when we are running heavy loads like the air conditioner going down the road. We were constantly battling overheating issues with the inverter so today I finally got around to installing a much bigger fan to move air out of the closet. The is a 4" hvac fan meant for moving air through duct work that I put on a switch. Quote Selected 6 Likes
Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #55 – October 19, 2024, 06:54:23 pm Elliott, that fan moving 280CFM should clear out the heat quickly. If needed, a simple louvered register on the closet door with a 4" hole behind it will really get circulation going through that closet.Of course on a really hot day, it might also pull the cool air out of your coach while sucking hot air in anywhere that's not sealed up good. Quote Selected 4 Likes
Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #56 – October 20, 2024, 04:51:35 pm I mounted my hot electrics in the ceiling of the front lower compartment. Cut an inlet hole and added an auto on exhaust fan . Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #57 – October 20, 2024, 06:18:44 pm Good idea to vent the hot air. Be interested in how well the dryer vent louvers hold up while going down the road, both with the fan on and off. If its a problem then next time you are in Nac, Xtreme makes a good sized dryer vent cover that will not restrict air flow (much). Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Elliott’s Grand Villa Solar Install Reply #58 – October 21, 2024, 10:21:05 am Elliot this project inspired a lot of what I did on our U270. Minus the massive solar install. Ours is just a measly 2060 watts. Thanks for documenting it so well. Tom Quote Selected 2 Likes
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