Son is wanting to rig up an old Snap On step van for a “moto camper” to live in at his job site and store his motorcycle.
He has a question about running a solar hybrid mini split with dedicated panels vs just building out a solar system with batteries and running a 12k btu 120v mini split off the inverter.
To me, since he’s starting from scratch it seems like the battery and inverter system makes more sense, but I don’t know how big of an inverter he needs and how much battery AH needs to run the mini split a few hours each night.
Also, should he get a DC fridge or just run a cheaper AC fridge off the inverter as well?
Thanks for any help and ideas. I have a solar-hybrid AC mini split I installed in my garage, so that’s why he was thinking about one of those.
He has a question about running a solar hybrid mini split with dedicated panels vs just building out a solar system with batteries and running a 12k btu 120v mini split off the inverter.
To me, since he’s starting from scratch it seems like the battery and inverter system makes more sense, but I don’t know how big of an inverter he needs and how much battery AH needs to run the mini split a few hours each night.
Also, should he get a DC fridge or just run a cheaper AC fridge off the inverter as well?
Thanks for any help and ideas. I have a solar-hybrid AC mini split I installed in my garage, so that’s why he was thinking about one of those.