Hello to group. Looking for some general guidance.
The project I'm working on is a large truck that I use for motorsports. It is a 36 foot long Ford F650, full 13 foot height with an attic. Technically and by title, its been converted to be an RV.
I've struggled keeping a couple of old school house batteries charged merely by the trucks alternator while driving to and from events. The batteries are used for a 12V hydraulic Liftgate that loads and unload the car from the truck, they are used for the 12V hydraulic 4-post lift that I use to store things over the loaded car, tires gas, etc, and for the 12V winch to assist in loading and unloading the cars. It will run 12V lights and possibly one day an electric awning.
I'm looking at getting a 230 aH Lipo4 battery and something like the Renology 4 panel 40 amp charging package, and some sort of an inverter......
I'm fairly confident that the solar will be more than adequate to keep the battery charged for use as I've outlined, as well as keeping a refrigerator cool on 3-6 hour drives to the track, or during the day at the track and then though the night.
The main question is... on a sunny hot day... how much "more?" would I need to run the AC during daylight hours? Or would that be enough. No need to keep it running over night, most likely I'm back on the road, or in a hotel. But AC during the day, with bright sunlight might be great..... Figure at least a 13500 or possibly 15000 unit either roof or mini split... and I'd choose one over the other if it made a difference to make this work. I do NOT need the batteries to last overnight running AC.... just a small fridge.
I know its a very wide open question, but before I commit to a package that might limit my use, I'd like some opinions from those that have been there, and done that.
The project I'm working on is a large truck that I use for motorsports. It is a 36 foot long Ford F650, full 13 foot height with an attic. Technically and by title, its been converted to be an RV.
I've struggled keeping a couple of old school house batteries charged merely by the trucks alternator while driving to and from events. The batteries are used for a 12V hydraulic Liftgate that loads and unload the car from the truck, they are used for the 12V hydraulic 4-post lift that I use to store things over the loaded car, tires gas, etc, and for the 12V winch to assist in loading and unloading the cars. It will run 12V lights and possibly one day an electric awning.
I'm looking at getting a 230 aH Lipo4 battery and something like the Renology 4 panel 40 amp charging package, and some sort of an inverter......
I'm fairly confident that the solar will be more than adequate to keep the battery charged for use as I've outlined, as well as keeping a refrigerator cool on 3-6 hour drives to the track, or during the day at the track and then though the night.
The main question is... on a sunny hot day... how much "more?" would I need to run the AC during daylight hours? Or would that be enough. No need to keep it running over night, most likely I'm back on the road, or in a hotel. But AC during the day, with bright sunlight might be great..... Figure at least a 13500 or possibly 15000 unit either roof or mini split... and I'd choose one over the other if it made a difference to make this work. I do NOT need the batteries to last overnight running AC.... just a small fridge.
I know its a very wide open question, but before I commit to a package that might limit my use, I'd like some opinions from those that have been there, and done that.
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