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It'll be fun they said
Hi, Everyone! I have been RVing for some years, and Solar powered stuff for some years, and Lithium powered for at least 15 years... and just finally got tired of all the people who complaining you CAN'T do your RV solar to run AC full time. Just drives me crazy. As you all know it's just math... Load, storage, and recovery. The truth is YES YOU CAN.
ANYWAY... I've been running this system full time for 2 years and it's so dead reliable that I finally decided to post up a video of the thing here:
As well, if you're wondering about the stuff I used in this build, I have most of it on a list I made on Amazon (they happen to have most of the stuff) so that's linked here: NOT AFFILIATE at all: www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/33APLE6CUFI9E
And I'll describe the build here below in this list:
Batteries: Valence u27xp-12 and there's 4 of them currently, total ~7000wh storage.
Solar: 3x 72 cell ~395w panels, Just over 1kw solar on the roof, average ~800w laid flat and my latitude.
Charger: EPever 60a Mppt. runs amazing. (Also had a 40a that was amazing.)
AC unit: Senville 9000btu split AC/Heatpump... although the list shows the 220v version, I have the 110v version
Invertor: Renogy 2000w 12v, solid performer.
Obviously there's cables, fuses, and other stuff that's added... I can't stress enough how important the cable connections are.. they have to be just crazy good to eliminate heat and create resistive problems in your efficiency.. the Renogy comes with cables, which happen to be great, and that's the highest load on the system. The charger to battery bank, and then battery to battery is also super important.
Anyway, I'm happy to answer any questions you might have.. just wanted to show you all that this is TOTALLY possible for not a hideous amount of money, and it's working great... tested for hundreds of hours, and all weather. It just plain works.
Cheers, happy trails!
ANYWAY... I've been running this system full time for 2 years and it's so dead reliable that I finally decided to post up a video of the thing here:
As well, if you're wondering about the stuff I used in this build, I have most of it on a list I made on Amazon (they happen to have most of the stuff) so that's linked here: NOT AFFILIATE at all: www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/33APLE6CUFI9E
And I'll describe the build here below in this list:
Batteries: Valence u27xp-12 and there's 4 of them currently, total ~7000wh storage.
Solar: 3x 72 cell ~395w panels, Just over 1kw solar on the roof, average ~800w laid flat and my latitude.
Charger: EPever 60a Mppt. runs amazing. (Also had a 40a that was amazing.)
AC unit: Senville 9000btu split AC/Heatpump... although the list shows the 220v version, I have the 110v version
Invertor: Renogy 2000w 12v, solid performer.
Obviously there's cables, fuses, and other stuff that's added... I can't stress enough how important the cable connections are.. they have to be just crazy good to eliminate heat and create resistive problems in your efficiency.. the Renogy comes with cables, which happen to be great, and that's the highest load on the system. The charger to battery bank, and then battery to battery is also super important.
Anyway, I'm happy to answer any questions you might have.. just wanted to show you all that this is TOTALLY possible for not a hideous amount of money, and it's working great... tested for hundreds of hours, and all weather. It just plain works.
Cheers, happy trails!