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Originally Posted by Clint A
My solar outlets are not working. Is it because the battery is low, or why isn't the solar panel keeping the battery charged. What else should I check?
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You posted to someone else's thread, and there is no indication of what trailer you might have, other than what's listed in your profile ("hide out" is all that's listed).
The current model Hideout trailers are equipped with the SolarFlex 200 system.
Here is what's included in that package:
SOLARFLEX 200 COMPONENTS
30A solar roof port w/ MC4 connectors & 10 AWG MPPT solar charging circuit
Future Solutions 200-watt solar panel
15A Victron SmartSolar MPPT controller w/ Bluetooth app
Inverted 110v loop prep with up to 7 outlets (inverter not included)
Zamp Solar portable solar panel charge port
Batteries not included
Unless you or someone else installed an inverter, then you do not have any "solar outlets" that would have power when the trailer is not connected to shore power.
IF your trailer is a current year model, then there is an optional lithium 100 amp/hour battery available from the factory. IF that was ordered with your trailer, then the Victron SmartSolar MPPT controller may have been connected at Keystone. Otherwise, if your trailer was shipped without that optional battery, then your dealer installed the battery and may (or probably did not) connect the solar system to the "dealer supplied battery".
If your trailer is not a "new, current model" then there's no way for anyone to know what year it is or what equipment might be installed in it.
Much more detailed information on what trailer you have, what equipment is installed in it, whether you have added an inverter to power those "solar outlets" and whether the dealership might have "skipped connecting your solar system".....
Have any of those outlets ever worked when not on shore power? Has the solar system ever charged your battery before this post and the questions you ask?