Installation & Operation Manua
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REV 14-10-24
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PV-Shelter RMSxxF Series
Battery wiring – batteries are wired in PARALLEL. Use the 2 black jumper cables to connect all of the black
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terminals together, and use the 2 red jumper cables to connect all the red terminals together.
Attach the black main negative battery power cable coming from the ECM to one of the negative battery
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terminals.
Remove the inline fuse and attach the red fused main positive battery power cable coming from the ECM
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to one of the positive battery terminals.
Use wire ties to tidy up wiring and tuck neatly out of the way.
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Installed solar panel on shelter roof.
figure 12. Installed solar panel on shelter roof
Determine solar panel positioning then mark and drill holes for mounting to the shelter roof ribs.
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Drill a hole through the roof for routing the solar panel wiring into the power module. The hole should
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line up with one of the larger wire feed through holes in the power module base.
Route the solar panel wires through to the power module then secure panels to the roof using security
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screws provided.
Caution – do not short the solar panel positive leads to the negative leads or to any part of the metal work on
the chassis or shelter. Use electrical tape to insulate leads when routing solar panel wiring.
For the RMSxxF when there are two or more solar panels, the panels are wired in parallel. Connect both
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positive solar leads to the positive (red) lead from the ECM as shown. Connect both negative solar leads to
the negative (black) lead from the ECM. Use marrettes (wire nuts) to make connections.
Hold the power module lid up and make the connection for the luminaire to the control module as shown.
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Coil up any excess wiring and use wire wraps or zip ties to neaten up and tuck away all wiring.
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