DIY RV Solar Panel Installation – Off The Grid


Installation of a 128W flexible solar panel on the roof of my RV. Read more at http://www.rvwithtito.com.

11 thoughts on “DIY RV Solar Panel Installation – Off The Grid”

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  2. I? usually go on Google maps to plan out a trip. Sometimes I use Microsoft Streets and Trips. While driving in other states, I usually have a GPS to keep me on track. But I don’t heavily rely on the GPS. I really just like to know how many miles before my next turn. Nobody likes to miss a turn when you’re 60ft long pulling a car.

  4. I’m not an expert, but I don’t think 80 watts is enough to fully charge your battery? bank if it’s fully depleted. You’ll still need shore power for that. It should work well for maintaining a good charge if your batteries are not fully drained. Of course, it depends on what you’re powering.

  5. I was look at an 80 watt solar panel for my Rv and firgured out on a full sunny day it would only? charge it 20 percent. Do you thin its worth it?

  6. love ur vidoes really nice and lot of info thx for sharing so much info i was planning to buy one too for my home but so? much confused

  7. I’m not quite sure yet. From what I can see, it seems to perform well. But I don’t have any detailed? specs to report. I have only had it in full-sun a couple of times, but was not able to do any measuring. It did keep my batteries at full charge though at a charge level around 13.8v. At home it never gets full-sun exposure so it’s hard to tell.

  8. The only thing I would do different is place the panel as close to the side of the RV as possible & by doing so would allow an additional panel to be installed should you later choose to? do this. Remember to maximize your roof’s real estate as best as possible. I would even run over AC units (leave the sticky backing on where you do.) & perhaps even some vents to totally envelope your roof in your cast I estimate I could fit 7 off those panels on or 26 off the shorter 68 watt versions.

  9. Follow Randacams page, lots of great learning on solar there. If you get an MPPT and you do not plan on adding more? panels… buy it within the range you’ll experience for current. For example, I have an MPPT 30, and unless I attach 280 watts, it is constantly remaining in “night mode” (sleep), on very cloudy dark days – due to its minimum required one amp input. A waste of 10 watts. with 2 panels, they are always over an amp.

  10. Thanks for the feedback. Lesson learned. It did appear a? bit iffy, but it seems to be charging okay. I’m considering replacing it with a BZ or Blue Sky brand controller as soon as I can figure out which one to buy.

  11. Randacam is correct, He actually informed me of that, too. I didn’t believe him at? first but then i pulled it apart and sure enough it is a little 555 timer circuit pulsing the current through the worst excuse for a bucking inductor I have ever seen. On a good note, tho, considering it is fake, you probably wont fall into “night mode” like you constantly would have, had you bought a real 30A MPPT – your panel is -too small- for a real 30A. But it will do the trick, nonetheless.

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