How To Wire Solar Panels Onto A Van

Installing the outlets was much simpler.

How to wire solar panels onto a van.

The electrical system of our campervan is designed to power our appliances fan lights 12v fridge etc and can be charged with solar power alternator or shore. Without solar panels your van s system will be useless. If you say freedom we say solar power. When included with the rest of the electrical portion the solar panels electrical were the most expensive aspect of the van.

So if you wired the same panels from before in parallel the voltage of the system would remain at 40 volts but the amperage would increase to 10 amps. We first drilled holes and mounted them in place. Cost of installing solar panels on your van. How to install solar panels.

My son james or another able helper first thoroughly clean the area where the solar panel is going to sit. Put the solar panels on top of your van where you d like them to be installed renogy solar panels installed on my van. Then from inside the van a 2mm pilot hole was drilled through the roof which was followed by a 12mm hole. Then we crimped quick disconnects onto both red and black wires and connected them to the back of the outlets.

The panels themselves are easy to install and the entire guide to installing solar panels can be found on renogy s website. We washed and dried it before cleaning it with white spirit and the supplied spray. Van solar panels came in a variety of wattages but most vanlifers use multiple 100w panels for their systems. I had the general idea of where i wanted the solar panels to sit on top of my van but without dry fitting them first i would have overlooked how the mounting holes actually lined up on the contoured roof.

Solar panels a battery bank charge controller and an optional inverter. Solar panel installation wiring diagrams. To install a full diy solar panel system you need a few components. Given excellent conditions a.

Overall the whole system cost about 2 000 but it s totally worth it to be off grid. To get your 8 awg wire you can use leftover wiring from the solar panels and crimp a ring terminal onto one end.