Home panels on my camper?

[Desertprep]

I have seen new solar panels that are thinner, lighter and are slated for use on top of RVs, or other portable uses. I have a camper on my pickup that has a 104" by 84" space that is begging for solar panels. I was looking at some of the larger, higher capacity panels. I think, using the standard home size, I would get at least 1,000 watts at 48v. The RV panels are less efficient. Is there any reason why I would use the rv panels? My truck can handle the weight.

[solar pete]

Hi Desertprep,

Welcome to Solar Panel Talk, look I'm no expert in RV or off grid solar BUT I think you will be fine with regular panels as they are cheaper and do the same job, this has been done before and there is a bunch of good solar info to be found here, our search on site is not great often it works well to google " solar panel talk.com fitting solar panels to my RV" and the other to search in the off grid section of the website, good luck with it, cheers

[SunEagle]

I have seen new solar panels that are thinner, lighter and are slated for use on top of RVs, or other portable uses. I have a camper on my pickup that has a 104" by 84" space that is begging for solar panels. I was looking at some of the larger, higher capacity panels. I think, using the standard home size, I would get at least 1,000 watts at 48v. The RV panels are less efficient. Is there any reason why I would use the rv panels? My truck can handle the weight.

Hi Desertprep

Just make sure the panels are secure enough when you are driving the RV

[SOUOPower]

I think you are in trouble. If you only install solar panels, you need to use inverters and batteries to combine electricity. Why not consider a high-power solar backup generator kit? You can choose a 2400w-5000w kit, which is enough for you.

[Desertprep]

I think you are in trouble. If you only install solar panels, you need to use inverters and batteries to combine electricity. Why not consider a high-power solar backup generator kit? You can choose a 2400w-5000w kit, which is enough for you.

Yes, I plan to have an inverter and battery pack. I may go for the "backup generator" kit (though I don't know why they are called generators because they are only storage devices). They are certainly convenient, a little more expensive to get off the ground with but tend to be much more expensive in the long run if I am going to expand...