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Old 09-13-2018, 12:45 AM   #1
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Solar wiring

In my '97 Adventurer I found a fuse for solar panel. With no panel installed, can anyone tell me where the wiring for this is located so I can use this fuse (whether for solar or something else)?
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Old 09-13-2018, 05:26 PM   #2
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I think that 5 amp fuse is for a small 10watt solar panel used to keep the house batteries charged when the RV is in storage. My 2006 Journey has the solar panel, I don't know if they put the solar panel on the Adventurer.



At 5 amps the fuse is very limited in what you can use it for. Unless you can determine the wire size feeding the fuse you should not replace the fuse with a higher amperage fuse.
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Old 09-23-2018, 07:57 PM   #3
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I know it doesn't have a solar panel installed. What I want to know is where the wire on that fuse goes to possibly use it for whatever.
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Old 09-26-2018, 02:08 PM   #4
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Winnebago has wiring diagrams available at: https://winnebagoind.com/diagram/Wiring.htm
That probably will help you find where the wire goes.
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Old 09-30-2018, 02:27 AM   #5
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I haven't yet seen anything indicating where the solar wire is. Any time I saw the fuse blocks illustrated, the solar fuse was unmarked, it's only marked on the motorhome itself.
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Aside from the size of the fuse, the wiring is going to be to small of a gauge to be useful for any reasonably sized solar panel.
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Old 09-30-2018, 05:30 PM   #7
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I have a 2004 Adventurer with the solar panel. The panel does not appear to be working, friends say it is worn out and the charge light is not working on the monitor panel. I don't know where the fuse/CB is for the panel and the wiring diagram is useless for this. I don't know if the wiring is even connected to the battery. Friends say I should remove the panel which would allow the refrigerator to vent better. Leave the wiring in place and use to pull heavier wire when installing bigger solar panels.
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I have a 2004 Adventurer with the solar panel. The panel does not appear to be working, friends say it is worn out and the charge light is not working on the monitor panel. I don't know where the fuse/CB is for the panel and the wiring diagram is useless for this. I don't know if the wiring is even connected to the battery. Friends say I should remove the panel which would allow the refrigerator to vent better. Leave the wiring in place and use to pull heavier wire when installing bigger solar panels.
If your 2004 Adventurer is any thing like my 2002 Suncruiser, there's a solar panel breaker behind the removable kick panel above your batteries in your step-well. You should be able to trace the wire's to the battery from there.
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