Vehicle solar system

House power in the van

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Vehicle solar system

 

 

 

Batteries, solar panels, chargers, and wiring.

 

60 Amp customer connection point CCP.

Upgrading CCP from 60A to 180A.  Adding the fuse kit.

Battery isolator - Battery Doctor 150A

DC-to-DC Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12 | 12-18 isolated DC/DC charger

150 Amp circuit breaker and disconnect switches 

AGM Lead Acid battery bank 12V, 210 AH

 

 

 

Battery monitor system Cleqq KG-F 500A (Junctek clone)

Roof mounted 645W photovoltaic array with 3 parallel 215 W Kyocera

Roof rack construction

Movable 185 W ground array paralleled 100W Harbor Freight, 2 x 30 W mono, and 25W polycrystalline with Schottky diode isolation.  Cheap and easy wiring with outdoor extension cords.  Combining with a power strip.

10 AWG solar wiring, 40A disconnect breaker 

Renogy 40A MPPT charge controller 

Charging from shore power - Noco Genius10 10A smart charger for AGM or lithium

Loads and load control

Low voltage disconnect Victron Smart BatteryProtect BP65 12/24-65A

Power distribution, switching and fusing 

Documentation 

Performance evaluation 

 

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