Airstream Safari - Manual (Page 88)

G
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
G - 10
SOLAR PANEL PRE-WIRE
Airstream Travel Trailers are pre-wired for an
Intermountain Solar Technology Solar Panel/Charge
Controller/Display System. This system may be in-
stalled on your trailer as an option. A manual on the use
of the system is included with the Airstream Owner’s
Blue Delivery Case.
Intermountain Solar Technologies
10288 South Jordan Gateway #D
South Jordan, UT 84095
800-671-0169
1. YELLOW (like the sun) positive and GREEN (like the
earth) negative leads runs from battery breaker buss bar
area to a harness inside the exterior refrigerator access
door. The battery buss bar is located behind the sofa
on front lounge models or behind the front cabinets on
slide outs, and next to the battery compartment. Front
bed models have the bar located under the front bed.
Battery cables will run to this bar. Roof mounted panels
require dropping the panel wires down through the
refrigerator vent to the inside of the exterior refrigerator
access door. Portable solar panels can be set outside
close to the access door. The wires from the solar
panel are connected to the positive and negative wires
(yellow and green) of the pre-wire system.
2. A Cat 5 patch cord for the solar panel display runs
from the battery buss bar to an area just below the
CatCon seven display. The solar panel display panel
can be mounted just below the CatCon monitor panel
by routing the proper size hole. The Cat 5 wire is
plugged into the display panel.
NOTICE : The Yellow wire must be fused with a
10-amp in-line fuse at the 12-volt positive.
NOTE: All wires are identified with labels at all loca-
tions.
The Intermountain solar panel has charge controller that
should be mounted close to the battery buss bars as
the battery leads are hooked into it to sense the actual
battery charge. The Cat 5 wire plugs into it also.
The following drawing is the way Airstream wires the
system on factory installed units and is the recom-
mended wiring for use of the pre-wire system.
Cat Five Patch Cable
10. Ga. Yellow 10. Ga. Yellow
10 Ga. Green 10 Ga. Green
10 amp Fuse
Battery Battery
Solar Panel 10 Amp Inline Fuse within
12” of battery
Red/White
6 Ga. Red
6 Ga. Black
6 Ga. Red
12 Ga. Black
6 Ga. Black
12 Ga. Red
50 Amp Breaker
Battery Breaker
Buss bar
Yellow
Solar Panel
Display
GRD.
Ground Buss