Cargo Trailer Camping Converting

[UrbanElite]

Hello, thanks for the great reply!

So to start I have those 2x 100 watt panels, and I have that solar charger cause it was a good deal and recommend by others on forums to do the trick, if not I will use it else where.

my fridge I find is pretty good for this as I was comparing others when buying it. It's rated voltage is 115v AC, rated current is 1.0A and power input is 65w. Compared to other models I found this to be very good on the power side.

You talking these? http://www.wegosolar.com/products.ph...-Acid-Battery-

So those are 6v is that better or 12v? I'm looking to do this right. It also not break the bank right off the batt as im in Canada this is a lot more money.

so my solar charger will not work for this project? Too small? Could you link one or two that would work better?

Please excuse Sunking, he's never owned an rv with solar and is trying to sell you a generator.

Angway back on planet earth, I've got a sometime.neighbor with much the same needs and setup you're describing. He powers his fridgd with two Trojan T105s (about 60 pounds each) and 240 watts of crappy panels. He uses a specific type of efficient fridge though, I just posted a link to it at the end of the Airstream tread in this same forum, let me know if you can't find it.

Persinally I'd install 4 of those batteries if you have the budget, and get a 40amp charge controller (my recommendations in that thread too, let me know if you can't find it).

And I'd give your current fridge a try before buying the other one, since you already have it, and you'll know pretty quickly whether you can power it with your batts.

Cool project!

[UrbanElite]

Well bellow to you too... so first of all I bought the stuff because it was a good deal and if I don't use it for current project I will use it else where have a shed I want to do and other projects around the house. The panels were $350 for 2 and I read many forums and online sites with lots of people saying they are good panels and for that price you can't go wrong. Like I said I'm new to this whole solar thing, I come from background of engines, race cars and Harley, the opposite of solar in efficiency.....

You have already shot yourself in the foot.You bought something without planning. You must start knowing how many Watt Hours you need in a day. You just bought something and hope it works. Happens every day here.

Example your fridge uses 120 watts, and you want to run it 24 x 7. Your words right? Assuming 50% duty cycle will consume 1440 watt hours of power. With Panels on top of a trailer will require 500 watts of solar panels if you used a real 40-Amp MPPT charge controler which you are not using, and a nice 600 pound battery. What you have already bought and propose will not power the fridge, let alone anything on top of that. Those two batteries your thinking will be dead by morning running the fridge.

For what you want you are looking at more like 600 to 1000 watts of panels, a 60 to 80 Amp MPPT Charge Controler, and 800 to 1000 thousand pounds of batteries.

[Wrybread]

For what you want you are looking at more like 600 to 1000 watts of panels, a 60 to 80 Amp MPPT Charge Controler, and 800 to 1000 thousand pounds of batteries.

Please excuse Sunking, he's never owned an rv with solar and is trying to convince you that you need to buy a generator. It's a nervous tic.

Angway back on planet earth, I've got a sometime.neighbor with much the same needs and setup you're describing. He powers his fridge with two Trojan T105s (about 60 pounds each) and 240 watts of crappy 12-volt panels (two 120 watt panels). He uses a specific type of efficient fridge though, I just posted a link to it at the end of the Airstream tread in this same forum, let me know if you can't find it.

Persinally I'd install 4 of those batteries if you have the budget, and get a 40amp charge controller (my recommendations in that thread too, let me know if you can't find it).

And I'd give your current fridge a try before buying the other one, since you already have it, and you'll know pretty quickly whether you can power it with your batts. But careful not to let you batteries go too low (below 11.8 volts).

Cool project!

[Sunking]

You have already shot yourself in the foot.You bought something without planning. You must start knowing how many Watt Hours you need in a day. You just bought something and hope it works. Happens every day here.

Example your fridge uses 120 watts, and you want to run it 24 x 7. Your words right? Assuming 50% duty cycle will consume 1440 watt hours of power. With Panels on top of a trailer will require 500 watts of solar panels if you used a real 40-Amp MPPT charge controler which you are not using, and a nice 600 pound battery. What you have already bought and propose will not power the fridge, let alone anything on top of that. Those two batteries your thinking will be dead by morning running the fridge.

For what you want you are looking at more like 600 to 1000 watts of panels, a 60 to 80 Amp MPPT Charge Controler, and 800 to 1000 thousand pounds of batteries.

[UrbanElite]

Hello Everybody, I am new to the forum and the life of solar power from Alberta, Canada. I have just in the last year or so really dove into the solar idea and wanting to expand and bring it into my life. It started with a camping trip running a small folding solar panel with a USB battery bank to charge phones, gps, cameras, lights ect.. Now on with the project!

i have been using the search function on this fourm and others, but I do want my own topic where I can get most of my own questions answered for my own system with the parts and supply's I am using. My idea for a camping trailer is a waste ATM because I will be using it for camping/hauling my dirt bike and quad in with the gf, but also use the trailer for moving stuff around or hauling things, this is why I chose the inclosed cargo trailer instead of a holiday trailer for now. The trailer is a 16x7 I closed trailer, I plan on ordering my cabinets just for the front wall of the trailer soon, I have my solar panels I have bought on sale already, charge controller. I still need to buy a invertor, thinking 2 deep cycle battery's, some other little things for it. So on to the questions!

i plan on running some 12v led lights through out the trailer on the inside and one or 2 on the outside. Am I able to wire here and run them to seperate switches? Where would they at the end be wired to?

I have bought a mini fridge already that draws just under 1 amp, I will need an invertor that can run this fridge 24/7 while camping, as well as some other electronics maybe like phone chargers, or other 110v things if needed, the fridge specs are: It's rated voltage is 115v AC, rated current is 1.0A and power input is 65w. what size should I be looking for?

batterys. I'm looking to go for 2 since I will have a 200watt system miles well have somewhere for that power to go and not wasted, looking to pick up 2x 12volt deep cycle marine battery's, that should do the trick?

im going to wire the invertor straight to the battery's, with a inline fuse between the invertor and battery's. I will also put in a master switch as well. I know they have a load side to the solar charger but how much can you really wire into it? What would be my main use to run off that?

I will I'll add more questions once I get some of these answered, I hope to get good feedback and information from you guys, sorry about being a noob, I've been watching and reading none stop about this solar stuff, wish one day I could start on my house, for now it will be this trailer.

Here is my items I bought so far:
https://m.canadiantire.ca/products/p...rverName=ATLAS

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B01D8G...4XL&ref=plSrch