Solar Power

Mattt · Mattt

Hey all, Been a while since I've posted anything, but I've been lurking and learning the whole while

Anyways, we've started our power system build so it's ready by the time we "hit the road". I've just managed to find some time to document what we have so far, and thought I'd give a littl...

dishlicker · dishlicker

Hi all our m/home has a large solar panel fixed to the roof question. How can i tell the wattage size 60-80-100 ect cheers

adventure before dementia · adventure before dementia

I got an old franklin caravan , it got 12 / 240 lighting set up , 2 gas burner hotplate with a griller and 2 x 240 power points , no fridge . Am thinking l get a portable fridge 2 way , may be around 50 litres and 12 volt tv , charger for i phone and some other stuff , not alot, lights of course, possibility a inverto...

Steely · Steely

i have just bought a 1992 Viscount Overlander pop top. There is provision for a battery which was apparently previously connected. I want to connect battery and charge with solar panels through an Anderson plug. Can anyone help me as to how I go about this. Thank you

Burgo1 · Burgo1

Hi all, at present I'm running 2 batteries in van and have just purchased a 120 watt set of portable panels. The reg is on the panels and 15 mitres of cable from there to one battery .when I bought the van it had one battery so I added another, is it better for reg to be close to batteries not on panels ?

Peter1059 · Peter1059

Hi Guys How do you clean your solar cells clean when you are on the road, at home I use a ladder etc and it's not a problem. Next year we are planning a 6 week trip and would like your wisdom. Many thanks Peter

Kendo · Kendo

On a recent trip I managed to destroy my 120 watt sola panel on my new Kokoda caravan . Adelaide City Caravans and the builder, Skytrax caravans have been great by supplying a new (150 watt) sola panel at cost price. The panels are the same physical size so there shouldn't be any moving of brackets and stu...

Hurls · Hurls

Hi All, Firstly hope you all have a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Now down to business. I have a 120w portable solar panel which I connect to the house battey. the van has an analogue voltmeter installed. When charging from the panel, the voltmeter needle fluctuates about 2v every ten seconds or...

Plendo · Plendo

If you have read the Basic information about solar you now understand what solar can do for you, and you may now be thinking you would like to add solar to your set up, or perhaps if you already have solar you may be considering increasing how much solar you have. The intention of the following informati...

Dave+Addy · Dave+Addy

A question for the techies (as I have no idea about this stuff), will 300w of solar power and two 110ah batteries, be enough to let me run my RV off-road indefinitely and if not, for how long then? I will be running a 12v fan a 140L 12/240v fridge and led lighting, and will also be charging two iPad's and iPho...

greyhoundtom · greyhoundtom

In the very near future I intend to fix two 140 watt solar panels to the roof of my 2010 Jayco Sterling.After looking at the roof it appears to have a layer of some type of plastic over the top what appears to be ply. In some areas this top layer is loose and therefore any thought of fixing the panel brackets w...

merv61 · merv61

Hi All This portable power system thing is, spinning me out, can I get all the Expert thoughts on wether Monocrystalline, or polycrystalline is better for Solar panels, is the one shown in the attachment any good, and what are your thoughts on these batteries?

Kendo · Kendo

Never saw the tree, never saw the branch. It was just there when we got there?? Ouch!

Gundog · Gundog

Wiring a Solar panel array. The plan is to fit 3 or 4 80 watt panels to the roof of the van, each panel will be connected individually to bus bars 1 each for positive and negative, what size wire from each panel to the bus bar ? Depending on the location of each panel i would expect the longest cable run to be a...

mjt57 · mjt57

In Ray's Outdoors they have this solar panel setup which folds up into a suitcase type arrangement. Each panel has its wiring coming out of it and into what looks like a junction box, then from there into what I presume is a voltage controller, then output to 2 clamps (like jumper leads). In their case th...

Vince · Vince

I am hoping for some much needed help on this one please and I will try to outline what is and what is & needed. What is Caravan - 5 x 80W solar panels charging 3 x 100Ah batteries - charger/regulator is an inbuilt 40amp unit doing 2 jobs, charging van from solar unplugged from 240v and charging van fro...

No Fixed Address · No Fixed Address

Looking for advice from those who know. The van we are ordering comes with one 120watt solar panel and 2 x 100AH batteries. We are aiming at being on the road indefinitely and free camping as much as possible. All we are powering with this is lighting which is LED 12volt, fridge which is 12 volt c...

Jaahn · Jaahn

http://forums.energymatters.com.au/used-wind-solar/to...

HarryG · HarryG

The Story I have 600w solar panels, 3x120amp AGM batteries, a 40amp DC to DC Controller (Redarc), a 25amp Projector Battery Charger, a battery monitor inside the van, and the van has heavy duty wiring. I run a 215 Waco Compressor Fridge, a 60 Engel Freezer, a Sleep Apnea Machine, plus I charge a laptop,...

Trevor law · Trevor law

Hope some body can help .We need to get solar on the roof of the van I think probably about 450 watts but I will leave it to the experts .What we are asking can anybody recommend a company to supply and instal everything .We are near Gympie Qld at the moment

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Our power system build... (Preview) Hey all, Been a while since I've posted anything, but I've been lurking and learning the whole while Anyways, we've started our power system build so it's ready by the time we "hit the road". I've just managed to find some time to document what we have so far, and thought I'd give a littl...	Mattt	26	1983	11:10 PM Feb 14, 2016 by Aus-Kiwi
	solar watts?? (Preview) Hi all our m/home has a large solar panel fixed to the roof question. How can i tell the wattage size 60-80-100 ect cheers	dishlicker	12	1316	04:05 PM Jan 31, 2016 by madaboutled
	whats a basic solar set up (Preview) I got an old franklin caravan , it got 12 / 240 lighting set up , 2 gas burner hotplate with a griller and 2 x 240 power points , no fridge . Am thinking l get a portable fridge 2 way , may be around 50 litres and 12 volt tv , charger for i phone and some other stuff , not alot, lights of course, possibility a inverto...	adventure before dementia	5	1480	08:54 PM Jan 30, 2016 by Aus-Kiwi
	Solar (Preview) i have just bought a 1992 Viscount Overlander pop top. There is provision for a battery which was apparently previously connected. I want to connect battery and charge with solar panels through an Anderson plug. Can anyone help me as to how I go about this. Thank you	Steely	10	1755	05:13 PM Jan 27, 2016 by Steely
	Portable panels (Preview) Hi all, at present I'm running 2 batteries in van and have just purchased a 120 watt set of portable panels. The reg is on the panels and 15 mitres of cable from there to one battery .when I bought the van it had one battery so I added another, is it better for reg to be close to batteries not on panels ?	Burgo1	6	1505	03:31 PM Jan 20, 2016 by Nomad_Nev
	Cleaning Solar Cells (Preview) Hi Guys How do you clean your solar cells clean when you are on the road, at home I use a ladder etc and it's not a problem. Next year we are planning a 6 week trip and would like your wisdom. Many thanks Peter	Peter1059	13	1511	05:34 PM Jan 13, 2016 by Peter1059
	Replacing a panel (Preview) On a recent trip I managed to destroy my 120 watt sola panel on my new Kokoda caravan . Adelaide City Caravans and the builder, Skytrax caravans have been great by supplying a new (150 watt) sola panel at cost price. The panels are the same physical size so there shouldn't be any moving of brackets and stu...	Kendo	4	1164	05:04 PM Dec 26, 2015 by KevKim37
	Analogue Voltmeter Fluctuations (Preview) Hi All, Firstly hope you all have a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Now down to business. I have a 120w portable solar panel which I connect to the house battey. the van has an analogue voltmeter installed. When charging from the panel, the voltmeter needle fluctuates about 2v every ten seconds or...	Hurls	4	1152	10:43 AM Dec 26, 2015 by Nomad_Nev
	Delving a little deeper into solar. (Preview) If you have read the Basic information about solar you now understand what solar can do for you, and you may now be thinking you would like to add solar to your set up, or perhaps if you already have solar you may be considering increasing how much solar you have. The intention of the following informati...	Plendo	4	1713	06:31 PM Dec 16, 2015 by Ray n Shell
	300w of solar power (Preview) A question for the techies (as I have no idea about this stuff), will 300w of solar power and two 110ah batteries, be enough to let me run my RV off-road indefinitely and if not, for how long then? I will be running a 12v fan a 140L 12/240v fridge and led lighting, and will also be charging two iPad's and iPho...	Dave+Addy	6	1319	09:00 PM Dec 13, 2015 by Dave+Addy
	Fixing solar panels to van roof (Preview) In the very near future I intend to fix two 140 watt solar panels to the roof of my 2010 Jayco Sterling.After looking at the roof it appears to have a layer of some type of plastic over the top what appears to be ply. In some areas this top layer is loose and therefore any thought of fixing the panel brackets w...	greyhoundtom	10	2258	07:49 PM Dec 11, 2015 by greyhoundtom
	Which solar panel and batteries (Preview) Hi All This portable power system thing is, spinning me out, can I get all the Expert thoughts on wether Monocrystalline, or polycrystalline is better for Solar panels, is the one shown in the attachment any good, and what are your thoughts on these batteries?	merv61	12	1828	03:56 AM Dec 10, 2015 by Aus-Kiwi
	Ouch! Watch out for those low branches (Preview) Never saw the tree, never saw the branch. It was just there when we got there?? Ouch!	Kendo	1	1091	04:19 PM Nov 26, 2015 by Reed
	wiring sizes (Preview) Wiring a Solar panel array. The plan is to fit 3 or 4 80 watt panels to the roof of the van, each panel will be connected individually to bus bars 1 each for positive and negative, what size wire from each panel to the bus bar ? Depending on the location of each panel i would expect the longest cable run to be a...	Gundog	8	2239	10:26 PM Nov 22, 2015 by Baz421
	Adding on Panels to an existing Array (Preview) In Ray's Outdoors they have this solar panel setup which folds up into a suitcase type arrangement. Each panel has its wiring coming out of it and into what looks like a junction box, then from there into what I presume is a voltage controller, then output to 2 clamps (like jumper leads). In their case th...	mjt57	4	1526	11:53 PM Nov 17, 2015 by PeterD
	Solar From Caravan to Tug (Preview) I am hoping for some much needed help on this one please and I will try to outline what is and what is & needed. What is Caravan - 5 x 80W solar panels charging 3 x 100Ah batteries - charger/regulator is an inbuilt 40amp unit doing 2 jobs, charging van from solar unplugged from 240v and charging van fro...	Vince	6	1534	02:24 PM Nov 17, 2015 by Pamela G
	Enough Power? (Preview) Looking for advice from those who know. The van we are ordering comes with one 120watt solar panel and 2 x 100AH batteries. We are aiming at being on the road indefinitely and free camping as much as possible. All we are powering with this is lighting which is LED 12volt, fridge which is 12 volt c...	No Fixed Address	4	1309	07:35 PM Nov 8, 2015 by jules47
	Cheap panels ideal for portable use ! (Preview) http://forums.energymatters.com.au/used-wind-solar/to...	Jaahn	0	991	10:51 AM Nov 4, 2015 by Jaahn
	SOLAR POWER (Preview) The Story I have 600w solar panels, 3x120amp AGM batteries, a 40amp DC to DC Controller (Redarc), a 25amp Projector Battery Charger, a battery monitor inside the van, and the van has heavy duty wiring. I run a 215 Waco Compressor Fridge, a 60 Engel Freezer, a Sleep Apnea Machine, plus I charge a laptop,...	HarryG	9	2324	10:19 PM Oct 6, 2015 by HarryG
	Solar installation company (Preview) Hope some body can help .We need to get solar on the roof of the van I think probably about 450 watts but I will leave it to the experts .What we are asking can anybody recommend a company to supply and instal everything .We are near Gympie Qld at the moment	Trevor law	2	1042	02:36 PM Oct 3, 2015 by Trevor law
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