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Solar Panels
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Hi All, Throwing a couple questions out there regarding solar. 1. Majority of the time do you wire your panels in series or parallel or series & parallel? 2. Anyone using residential solar panels to charge a 48V battery If so what Voc are you using? (I am assuming < 120V DC) Cheers
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Lithium battery in a s/h caravan.
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Hi all; I have a good mate of mine that has asked me to install a battery system in his caravan. Battery, charger, current bridge and solar blanket. His caravan is a second hand on and is old enough to have 12 volt car tail light bulbs as well as 240 volt lighting in the same light fitting , so the caravan is a f...
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Solar input
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G'day Talking to a mate the other day he has a anderson plug on the draw bar of his Van that is for a unregulated solar panel input Van has a solar regulator , he asked me if he could or what would happen if he connected the anderson plug from the the cars battery , alternator to that anderson plug . I said I ha...
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Have no idea
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I have a solar set up with the control box being private suitor it has 2 Anderson plugs coming out of it, one has thicker wires than the other. Then there is the one Anderson plug coming from the batteries, no matter which ones I plug in I cant get battery power to the van. I am complete novice so any info will...
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Help with solar setup
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Hi I am situated in Sorrento Victoria and I have purchased a caravan with solar setup and some upgrade parts also, I was wondering if there was anyone in this area that could help me set it up. Would pay of course. Regards Chris -- Edited by Webmaster on Monday 4th of December 2023 08:55:21 AM
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Solar panels how much output
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I have 3 - 120w panels giving 3.5amps (so 40amp solar çontroller shows) to two AGM batteries. What would yyou expect to be getting when it is a sunny day. what should o/put be
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Are Tesla's EVs fit for purpose?
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https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-couple-fume-handed-17k-27906242An Edinburgh couple say they are "in shock" after claiming Tesla gave them a £17,000 bill t...
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Solar-powered campervan -- what is the state of the art?
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https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/stella-vita-solar-campervan-netherlands-spc-intl/index.html
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Can I mix inputs of solar to the van?
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Hi All, Like most on here I have solar on the van roof charging batteries via a mounted regulator. I also have a portable 250W panel. Looking for opinions whether the two can work together to charge van batteries if I were to have both in use at the same time on the same batteries, ie, will the regulators be...
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OUR RETURN TO OUR FAVOURITE FORUM
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Hi, WE ARE BACK. Just want to let all the long-standing and newer forumites over the last couple of years, know that Jay&Dee is back on our favourite camping forum. We sold the old Coromal as we were convinced that our caravaning days were over, but the love of bush camping has seen us back on the ro...
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Do I need controller to solar charge battery?
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I have a 2009 Jayco Penguin with a battery installed, which is charged when connected to 240v power. We stay mostly at parks with power, but I'm interested in visiting some spots which don't have power and water. Although the battery would probably last a few days (to pump water and run LED lights) with...
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Does anyone know (CS 2000 / 3000)
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Hi Everyone, I am a newbie so please be gentle. I have asked a number of people including Jayco, who did not reply, the following question. I have recently purchased a 2000 model Jayco Freedom Poptop. It does not have a Battery and the only power I have is 240 volt shore power which is connected to a Centur...
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Kings 200w solar panel blanket - question
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i just bought a Kings solar blanket and somewhat disappointed that the output only seems to be around 120 (ish) The blanket is in a perfectly oriented position. Would a better quality controller be a solution to increase the output? A 160w folding panel I bought from them years ago puts out more power a...
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Renogy RBM500 Battery Monitor Factory Reset
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I am enquiring if anyone knows how to do a Factory Reset on the Renogy RBM500 Battery Monitor ?
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solar battery charging
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I have a 140amp solar panel on the roof of van and 2x120 amp agm batteries. I also have a 200amp solar blanket and would like to know if i can connect it to the batteries or somewhere else to help boost the charging of the batteries. Any advice would be appreciated. Below are photos of charger and solar cont...
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Dual Solar Controllers
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I have a Jayco van with a Coast to Coast TPS555 solar charge regulator and two 120w solar panels on the roof feeding two 110amp AGM batteries. I also have a 120w portable panel I connect to a Redarc BC-DC charger. The regulator on the panel has been bypassed. Will using two regulators like this have any n...
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Water Heaters
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Has anyone used the 12v electric (electric only) on demand water heaters, they draw a few amps but it's only for a few minutes and I have 400 A/H of Lithium batteries, let me know, thanks in advance.
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got tired of testing flexible panels
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Well after looking at a bunch of flexible panels and testing some that barely put out a third of stated watts I have bought 2 renogy rigid panels (6kg each) which is the same weight as a atem 200w folding. Difference is 190w from these panels and 60w from atem 6kg is light enough to be a portable and I can se...
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Dometic DRS
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Hi All, Does anyone have experience with Dometic DRS system? Considering one of these over a Carafan due cost and no wiring required. Any pros And cons or real experience would be appreciated. Cheers
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Renogy Panels
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Thinking about buying 2 Renogy flexible 100 watt panels. Open to comments about these panels from anybody who has used them. Cheers Graz
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