I just purchased a 2008 Hi-lo 24T with a push out. There is a solar panel installed on the right rear and it's wired in. The dealer in California didn't tell us that it was there or how to operate it. Is there anyone out there who KNOWS!!! Also, it has several coxas cable connections. Which one is for TV reception.
Thanks Bill & Kathy LOVE THIS CAMPER.

Welcome to the forum and to the world of HiLo. The coax hookup with the little pushbutton and led light mounted on the cover is for the tv. This is the power amp. When you have the tv hooked up here, push in the little button so that the light comes on. What this does is to amplify the tv signal from the antenna. When done with watching the tv, push the button in again and the light goes off. This turns off the power amp. As far as the solar panel, I leave mine on all the time. I have an off/on switch in my monitor panel on my 2001. Usually the solar panels used are the 15 watt variety.

Bob

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On our Hi-Lo, our solar panel is connected all the time. We don't have the option of disconnecting it...no switch! Ours has an electronic regulator between the solar panel and the battery that also serves as an isolator to protect the solar panel from the battery. I don't even think about the thing!

Bob's solar panel is a nice one at 15 amps. Ours is a meager 7.5 amps and really only serves as a trickle charger to keep the batteries charged when our trailer is stored.

Jim

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1967 17' Hi-Lo Bon Voyage (1967-1969)
1969 19' Hi-Lo Bon Voyage (1969-2011)
2004 27' Hi-Lo TowLite (2010-present)
2007 Chevy Suburban

Bill and Kathy,
Going off the topic of this thread, I noticed you folks are from Colo. Springs. you should look into saddling up with the Rocky Mountain Hi-Lo Club. Their membership epicenter is Colorado Springs, with most other members along the frontal range. Club POC can be be found elsewhere in the HTF. Its a terrific group and they have great rallies!

Welcome to the Forum!
Jim

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1967 17' Hi-Lo Bon Voyage (1967-1969)
1969 19' Hi-Lo Bon Voyage (1969-2011)
2004 27' Hi-Lo TowLite (2010-present)
2007 Chevy Suburban

Thanks to all for the quick imput. It has help me beter understand the systems in the trailer. Jim, thanks for the hookup on Rocky Mountain Club.
We're looking forward to enjoying this forum.
Thanks again,
Bill&Kathy

Hello Bill & Kathy -

Welcome to the forum; I just hauled our Funlite over to the western slope from your area. Would love to catch up sometime this summer.

Bill and Kathy welcome to the forum..Our members are very friendly and experienced. We love questions. Take picturesd when you gety a chance. If you havent already done so look back over old posts. They contain lots of good information.

We are having trouble with our children using the camper without our truck. The battery seems to be discharging even when plugged into shore. We have solar, and are wondering if we should have them keep the solar on all of the time. Seems to need to be plugged into shore to keep solar on?

Right now, the power went out in the middle of the night with air condition/heater on. They lost all power later. They could not lower the camper. We are 200 miles away and trying to fix it with the camp ground owner. Any ideas?
Cheri

Dgsloat,

Since I dont know where you are, or where they are, this is a guess and assumptions... Im gonna assume it is COLD at night where they are at, and not needing the Air Conditioner, other wise it would been redily apparent that the 120v source might not be working? IE the campground plugin.

My guess is they are plugged into 120vAC power, but there is not power on the box they plugged into, shoud be asy fix.

And unless they use the 120vAC appliances, they might not have noticed such? Happens all the time at campgrounds I go to, the weak breaker fails under load... I went 1 whole day before I bothered to notice that my campspot breaker was blown before I even plugged in I think, because I didnt use the Air Conditioner or any appliances (micro, or TV), & because most everything runs off battery, Furnace, waterpump, LIGHTS etc. At least in mine.

So you need to find out, what IS working, (any appliances or AC) if not it is the source, if YES they do work, there is more trouble shooting to do.

They can probably hook up jumper-Cables to charge battery for 20 minutes with the TOW VEHICLE ENGINE RUNNING, then have enough juice to raise and lower top a few times. As you know, to let the roof down, got to lift it up off the safety ya know, then let it down. so if they are ready to just get home, have them shut EVERYTHING OFF, hook tow vehicle with jumpercables to camper battery and charge it for a little while. It could be bad battery, or could be your inverter has something wrong & not charging battery.

Lastly, If they have an 8way plug with factory wiring to charge battery, I ALMOST guarantee it will blow that fuse, for that power wire, if they dont get the battery charged up a little, IMHO.

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Bob,
Is your solar monitor button illuminated when on? We had our cable replace years ago and ever since the light for solar on the monitor does not light. This never bothered us, but now I wonder if there is a way to know if it does or doesn't work??

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2011 Toyota Sequoia