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[Nelly247#]

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[Pgmabley]

 

[Nelly247#]

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Nice. How many watts?

 

[Pgmabley]

435 longi rigid panel from city plumbing, not as pretty as yours but very effective, how many do you have looks very smart

 

[Skyliner33]

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Thants a fair bit of power. Out of interest, where do the cables enter the van?

 

[Nelly247#]

435 longi rigid panel from city plumbing, not as pretty as yours but very effective, how many do you have looks very smart

I went for a 440 watt semi flexible. The pop top has a 2 year warranty so I can't drill into it.

 

[Dellmassive]

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That's a big boy.

What spec and where from?

What's mppt?
What battery?

Etc etc

 

[Nelly247#]

That's a big boy.

What spec and where from?

What's mppt?
What battery?

Etc etc

It sure is. Could find anything big that would fit but I think it's big enough for our needs
It's a 440W MCS Certified semi-Flexible Solar Panel from amazon.

https://amzn.eu/d/1hsrPTq

I'm using a Bluetti AC200l
Bluetti Charge 1 + for alternator charge along with the solar.

 

[chimpusmaximus]

Finally a thread I can get on board with

535w panel from City plumbing with Rwnogy 40A Mppt.

 

[Pgmabley]

Thants a fair bit of power. Out of interest, where do the cables enter the van?

Have a gland under rear end of panel, cable comes through pop top at thin end of the wedge in the corner then down into the cupboard to 50a dc-dc/mppt and 300ah lithium

 

[Nelly247#]

Finally a thread I can get on board with

535w panel from City plumbing with Rwnogy 40A Mppt.

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Bloody hell . Thought I had a big one but as always someone with a bigger one

 

[Pgmabley]

Finally a thread I can get on board with

535w panel from City plumbing with Rwnogy 40A Mppt.

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Bloody hell, thought I'd maxed out

 

[chimpusmaximus]

Decided i needed it with 612ah battery to feed. So much better than the 200w flex I had before.

 

[Nelly247#]

Bloody hell, thought I'd maxed out

Hi have seen a solar pod on YouTube that has 3 400w solar stacked on each other that opens up when stationary. Can't find it for sale anywhere yet though

 

[Pgmabley]

Proper job are you cooking with power too then? We only ever use 25% of our capacity but tend to move on every day and have LPG tank too for cooking and heating

 

[Nelly247#]

Decided i needed it with 612ah battery to feed. So much better than the 200w flex I had before.

612 ah What on earth are you needing at that for?

 

[Nelly247#]

Proper job are you cooking with power too then? We only ever use 25% of our capacity but tend to move on every day and have LPG tank too for cooking and heating

Going to use induction hob when on site hook up and gas when off grid

 

[chimpusmaximus]

612 ah What on earth are you needing at that for?

Wanted to do it once… never have to worry about hook up and means I can easy run air fryer, kettle and microwave at the same time, add in Starlink etc and soon starts to eat amps. Think I peaked about 320amps once.

 

[Nelly247#]

Wanted to do it once… never have to worry about hook up and means I can easy run air fryer, kettle and microwave at the same time, add in Starlink etc and soon starts to eat amps. Think I peaked about 320amps once.

That's awesome. Sounds like a beast of a setup you have. I was going to get a 5G booster for mine as I've got unlimited internet and the data on the phone networks are really good now.

 

[chimpusmaximus]

That's awesome. Sounds like a beast of a setup you have. I was going to get a 5G booster for mine as I've got unlimited internet and the data on the phone networks are really good now.

I do have a 5g router on all the time with a Tesla sim giving a roaming signal in Uk and abroad. Starlink is often used more as a backup or when wanting better streaming such as to watch F1.