Jusbechillin
New Member
Been watching videos, read Mobile Solar Power Made Easy, etc. mostly took recommendations from Wills DIY solar website.
installing solar on my travel trailer. Mostly designed for higher amp hours as I’ll probably be mostly going on 2-4 day off the grid trips. System isn’t being designed to be able to run constantly and stay topped off, more just to get me through long weekend trips and then use the solar to charge back up until next use. So I went higher battery capacity and lower solar power. I have a couple questions.
here’s what I already purchased:
4 100 watt Rich Solar 12volt poly panels. Wiring in series & parallel to provide 24v to the battery. Using 10 gauge wire. Depending on performance I want to be able to add two more panels in the future if my needs change.
Building a DIY Lifepo4 battery With cells supplied from Alibaba. They should be here next week! 8 x 280AH, 3.2v cells prismatic grade a cells. Going to wire them in series to end up 24v 280AH. Overkill solar 24v Bms.
Victron MPPT 100/30 smartsolar charge controller.
Giandel pure sine 3000 watt 24v inverter.
300amp main fuse.
40amp circuit breaker.
4 guage wire to the inventor.
Thanks!
installing solar on my travel trailer. Mostly designed for higher amp hours as I’ll probably be mostly going on 2-4 day off the grid trips. System isn’t being designed to be able to run constantly and stay topped off, more just to get me through long weekend trips and then use the solar to charge back up until next use. So I went higher battery capacity and lower solar power. I have a couple questions.
- I’m a little confused on if I need an ATS (automatic transfer switch) or not. I will sometimes end up camping where there’s shore power, or might plug into my house power on rare occasion. I also will need to run a generator sometimes to power my AC. I’m thinking I need one, but have seen a lot of systems people have installed and they never mention using one. And, how would I wire one into the system that can decide between shore/generator/solar?
- For the diy LIFEPO4 battery, are the bars they provide with the cells to connect them together sufficient or should I be concerned with upgrading them to a higher quality?
- My Trailer has a curved roof. What is the reason it’s not recommended to mount directly to a curved roof?
here’s what I already purchased:
4 100 watt Rich Solar 12volt poly panels. Wiring in series & parallel to provide 24v to the battery. Using 10 gauge wire. Depending on performance I want to be able to add two more panels in the future if my needs change.
Building a DIY Lifepo4 battery With cells supplied from Alibaba. They should be here next week! 8 x 280AH, 3.2v cells prismatic grade a cells. Going to wire them in series to end up 24v 280AH. Overkill solar 24v Bms.
Victron MPPT 100/30 smartsolar charge controller.
Giandel pure sine 3000 watt 24v inverter.
300amp main fuse.
40amp circuit breaker.
4 guage wire to the inventor.
Thanks!