truckasaurus
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- May 9, 2021
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Following some extensive forum studying I finally ordered a swath of Victron hardware for my vintage Airstream project but now I'm down the solar panel rabbit hole and could do with some advice. I desperately want to keep my trailer streamlined and have a space between the ceiling vents of 178" and the vents are ~15" wide so this seems like a decent place for panels. I thought I'd eternabond some aluminum channel to the roof and pop rivet brackets on to hold 4 x 100 Renogy Eclipse or similar 21" wide panels but watched Will's video on 80 watts CIGS and started dreaming. Anyhow I found $79 50 Watt panels from Miasole on Amazon and even Ebay and thought for $316 I could get up to 200 Watts and a really slick looking stealth install. Now 200 CIGS watts aren't 400 watts but is it crazy to consider dipping my toe in the solar scene this way? 12V 280Ah LIPo4, Victron 12/3000 multi-pas, 100/30 MMPT, wired with 10 gauge MC4 IIRC, expecting to use around 1400 Watts a day but just hoping the solar could top up the charge whilst stored and maybe add a little juice whilst driving to a camp site.