Solar on my truck camper

[dkpro1]

my sys.

In case I missed it in one of the other posts,
What is the output of your panels?
What do you have for batteries?
Charge Controller?
Inverter?

Nice winter time activity... installing systems.
Don

I have 2 system's 12 volt and 24 volt

on the 24 volt
1400 watt's grid tie panles aray vmp 37 volts
Morningstar Tirstar 45 mttp
4- T125's in series
Go power 1500 watt Pure Sign


on 12 volt
275 watts 12 volt panles
Morning star sun saver dual .....takes care of 12 house and motor battry
1000 watt go power PS.
2 T 105's



FILL THE ROOF BABY!!!!

run a 5 cf deep freez
and an apartment size ac fridge
40 inch LED tv ..with direct tv
22 inch LED in beedroom
lots of crock pot cooking
took out 1500 watt heating element from hot water heater replaced with 1000 watt

[Mustang65]

It took a while to get to this point but it is very good now paid for it all by doing instals on rv's in south AZ. in the winter

ps. we use a elc. blanket at night very low draw set on low ....my inverter is on 24-7

In case I missed it in one of the other posts,
What is the output of your panels?
What do you have for batteries?
Charge Controller?
Inverter?

Nice winter time activity... installing systems.
Don

[dkpro1]

Thank you

Now that is a nice setup... thanks for the heater tip... probably will not get it past the wife, so thicker blankets
Don

It took a while to get to this point but it is very good now paid for it all by doing instals on rv's in south AZ. in the winter

ps. we use a elc. blanket at night very low draw set on low ....my inverter is on 24-7

[Mustang65]

Now that is a nice setup... thanks for the heater tip... probably will not get it past the wife, so thicker blankets
Don

[SunEagle]

[QUOTE=dkpro1;91150]

RV furnace must go big power draw very inefficient about 50 % get a Blue flame heater 99.8 % use the space from throwing out rv heater for battries...

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200395466_200395466

Now this is RV solar
http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=99

That is a serious looking solar pv system.

[dkpro1]

first things first

[QUOTE=Mustang65;91144]

and possibly a 3-way refrigerator (11.2 amps is a number I came across for the fridge running on DC) if there is enough battery capacity.

Just so you know, on a 3 way fridge you can run it on LP and the only electric needed is a few mW of 12 volt power to run the circuit board.

Running a heater fan on even my batteries will bring them down by morning to 12.4 Volts, and I do not like to drop below 12Volts.

If you decide to purchase a Gas Generator, understand campgrounds do not allow the noisy ones, that everyone can afford, pretty much it has to be the silent running ones like Honda (about $2k)..

You can only run the generators between the hours of 9 and 9 at most campgrounds, if they are the quiet types.

LED's are a must

With my setup I can watch TV (inverter), listen to the radio, laptop computer,charge phones... all day (solar charging) and at night until about 11PM, with LED's for lighting, we have not had much need for heat, but that is a battery killer (the fan).

Good Luck
Don
2013 Jayco Eagle 284BHS
250Watt Grape Solar Panel, MorningStar MPPT 60 Charge Controller
1500 Watt Ramsond PSI, 2 Trojan T145 Batteries
2 - AirSight Wireless IP Cameras (used as rear view cameras)
EnGenius WI-FI extender, Netgear wireless modem (n)
MagicJack Internet Phone
2012 Ford F150XLT, EcoBoost w/3.73
157" Wheel base, HD Towing Package

Our Solar RV Album http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=145

RV furnace must go big power draw very inefficient about 50 % get a Blue flame heater 99.8 % use the space from throwing out rv heater for battries...

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200395466_200395466

Now this is RV solar

http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=99

[Mustang65]

[QUOTE=SunEagle;91145]

Pretty neat system you have there. The only place I see a potential problem is the lack of a fuse between the Ramsond inverter outlet and the 30 amp receptacle that you plug your shore power cable into. There is no over current protection should you plug too much 120 load in the RV since it is set up for 30 amp at 120volt and the inverter output is less than that.

When I started wiring in the system, I checked with Ramsond support and they (for what it is worth) said that each of the outlets on the inverter have internal circuit breakers. I have yet to pop one, but if it can, I will pop one sooner or later. I would have 2 additional outlets on the inverter to get me through the crisis. I am going to upgrade and install a circuit breaker next to the inverter, hopefully before I start camping again. ..... and of course I am never satisfied so I will be adding additional solar power/batteries.

Thanks for the concern

Don

2013 Jayco Eagle 284BHS
250Watt Grape Solar Panel, MorningStar MPPT 60 Charge Controller
1500 Watt Ramsond PSI, 2 Trojan T145 Batteries
2 - AirSight Wireless IP Cameras (used as rear view cameras)
EnGenius WI-FI extender, Netgear wireless modem (n)
MagicJack Internet Phone
2012 Ford F150XLT, EcoBoost w/3.73
157" Wheel base, HD Towing Package

Our Solar RV Album http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=145

[SunEagle]

[QUOTE=Mustang65;91144]

and possibly a 3-way refrigerator (11.2 amps is a number I came across for the fridge running on DC) if there is enough battery capacity.

Just so you know, on a 3 way fridge you can run it on LP and the only electric needed is a few mW of 12 volt power to run the circuit board.

Running a heater fan on even my batteries will bring them down by morning to 12.4 Volts, and I do not like to drop below 12Volts.

If you decide to purchase a Gas Generator, understand campgrounds do not allow the noisy ones, that everyone can afford, pretty much it has to be the silent running ones like Honda (about $2k)..

You can only run the generators between the hours of 9 and 9 at most campgrounds, if they are the quiet types.

LED's are a must

With my setup I can watch TV (inverter), listen to the radio, laptop computer,charge phones... all day (solar charging) and at night until about 11PM, with LED's for lighting, we have not had much need for heat, but that is a battery killer (the fan).

Good Luck
Don
2013 Jayco Eagle 284BHS
250Watt Grape Solar Panel, MorningStar MPPT 60 Charge Controller
1500 Watt Ramsond PSI, 2 Trojan T145 Batteries
2 - AirSight Wireless IP Cameras (used as rear view cameras)
EnGenius WI-FI extender, Netgear wireless modem (n)
MagicJack Internet Phone
2012 Ford F150XLT, EcoBoost w/3.73
157" Wheel base, HD Towing Package

Our Solar RV Album http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=145

Pretty neat system you have there. The only place I see a potential problem is the lack of a fuse between the Ramsond inverter outlet and the 30 amp receptacle that you plug your shore power cable into. There is no overcurrent protection should you plug too much 120 load in the RV since it is set up for 30 amp at 120volt and the inverter output is less than that.

[Mustang65]

[QUOTE=thepartyhound;89021] and possibly a 3-way refrigerator (11.2 amps is a number I came across for the fridge running on DC) if there is enough battery capacity.

Just so you know, on a 3 way fridge you can run it on LP and the only electric needed is a few mW of 12 volt power to run the circuit board.

Running a heater fan on even my batteries will bring them down by morning to 12.4 Volts, and I do not like to drop below 12Volts.

If you decide to purchase a Gas Generator, understand campgrounds do not allow the noisy ones, that everyone can afford, pretty much it has to be the silent running ones like Honda (about $2k)..

You can only run the generators between the hours of 9 and 9 at most campgrounds, if they are the quiet types.

LED's are a must

With my setup I can watch TV (inverter), listen to the radio, laptop computer,charge phones... all day (solar charging) and at night until about 11PM, with LED's for lighting, we have not had much need for heat, but that is a battery killer (the fan).

Good Luck
Don
2013 Jayco Eagle 284BHS
250Watt Grape Solar Panel, MorningStar MPPT 60 Charge Controller
1500 Watt Ramsond PSI, 2 Trojan T145 Batteries
2 - AirSight Wireless IP Cameras (used as rear view cameras)
EnGenius WI-FI extender, Netgear wireless modem (n)
MagicJack Internet Phone
2012 Ford F150XLT, EcoBoost w/3.73
157" Wheel base, HD Towing Package

Our Solar RV Album http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=145

[SunEagle]

also build aray much bigger then neede ..... ah .55 a watt set CC to limit amp out put to a C/8 charge rate
then on clody days you can still fill batties I know this works I do it 450 watts in pouring rain

Hmmmm. Liquid sunshine.

[dkpro1]

So what do you suggest on cloudy days, or you do not like replacing batteries once a year?

also build aray much bigger then neede ..... ah .55 a watt set CC to limit amp out put to a C/8 charge rate
then on clody days you can still fill batties I know this works I do it 450 watts in pouring rain

[dkpro1]

Can you say

so what do you suggest on cloudy days, or you do not like replacing batteries once a year?

honda.......

[Sunking]

20% doc you need to do the math 50% is the best pack sizing man

So what do you suggest on cloudy days, or you do not like replacing batteries once a year?

[dkpro1]

20%

Just some quick numbers

12A * 24 hours = 288AH
11.2A * 24 hours = 268.8AH

556.8Ah not figuring in the lights yet so lets go with 600AH daily load

Batteries shouldn't be discharged more than 20% in a day.

600AH * 5 = 3000AH battery bank

Looks like you'll need a few more batteries

3000AH / 120AH = 25 batteries needed (better beef up the suppension under your truck)

I'd suggest you find a different battery as that many in parrallel won't work.

Now for the solar panel or do yo want me to quit? I can already say the roof of your camper is too small to hold that many panels.

WWW

20% doc you need to do the math 50% is the best pack sizing man

[Mustang65]

Here is how I set up our RV for SOLAR. Currently I have 2 Trojan T-145 (6 Volt) batteries and will be adding 2 more before we start camping in February 2014. I will also be adding an additional 250Watt Solar Panel. We went out west this summer and the current setup worked flawlessly. Not sure if the picture will get inserted at the bottom of this post but you can click on the link to my album to see it and others.

Good luck with your install.
Don

2013 Jayco Eagle 284BHS
250Watt Grape Solar Panel, MorningStar MPPT 60 Charge Controller
1500 Watt Ramsond PSI, 2 Trojan T145 Batteries
2 - AirSight Wireless IP Cameras (used as rear view cameras)
EnGenius WI-FI extender, Netgear wireless modem (n)
MagicJack Internet Phone
2012 Ford F150XLT, EcoBoost w/3.73
157" Wheel base, HD Towing Package

Our Solar RV - Album [URL="http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=145[/URL]