solar setup

I am planning my solar system and have some questions. I'll be doing a 48v system with 2 EG4 LL 48v batteries and a Eg4 3000 W inverter/charger. The inverter contains an mppt so that's why that is not part of my system. The manual emphasizes wiring the batteries in series with a 600 amp bus bar...

Hi! My name is Blake and my Fiancé and I just purchased a 2004 International School bus about two weeks ago. We are all ready done ripping it down to the bare bones and are looking to see if there is anyone in the Virginia Beach or Southeast Virginia area with a skoolie. We would love to chat...

My house is 1200 sq. ft, and I intend to install solar panels this winter. However, I got stunned by my cousin's installation costs. She has a 2000 sq. ft house, which cost around $11k, a huge amount! Can some experts help me with the installation costs of solar panels in Alaska for a 1200 sq...

Hey everyone. I tried to find something in the forums about this and may have missed the mark. My son bought a 10 Cu. ft. fridge/freezer, hoping to use this in his skoolie. It is a smaller residential fridge. He plans to travel all summer and sometimes off the grid. He bought this BEFORE he did...

I've been scouring the internet on the best way to mount my solar panels. I currently have 4 170w panels measuring 58.3" x 26.4" x 1.38". Although I would like to add two more in the future. I'm trying to keep that in my plans because what I'm going for isn't going to be easily changed once it's...

Hi Folks. The plan is to upgrade the batter on the solaris lite T - 1950 travel trailer to a lithium battery and (2) 100 watt solar panels with charge controller and possibly an inverter. First and foremost is anyone aware of what ampage the trailer runs on and it's max for this potential...

I don't think I did this right the first time, so if it is somewhat duplicative, please accept my apology in advance. I am completely new to the skoolie community (just recently learning I needed to substitute a k for ch). I considered a Monaco pusher with tag a few years ago, but I was not...

Hi yall. Ok I have 4 3.2v 100ah LI batteries connected in series(I believe that's correct) to become 12v 400ah LI. And I also have 2 200ah 12v gel batteries connected parallel. I also have a dc to dc alternator/solar charge controller. And a regular solar charge controller. Oh and a 2000 w...

I recently purchased a converted shorty with a solar setup installed and am having trouble diagnosing what needs to be upgraded in order to solve the problem I’m having. . I have 500W of panels on my roof, and my 2x200ah deep cycle gel batteries are charging up to 12.7v+ most days if my daytime...

We just got a new to us awesome 2010 19’ and it has a solar port on the front driver side. I am unsure if this model year came with a solar controller when the Zamp port was installed and need to figure out where to look and what it looks like. There is a victron bmv700 installed for Bluetooth...

My wife and I are starting research on building our first skoolie. We have yet to purchase a bus yet because this build will take a ton of research due to environment that we will be operating in. while my wife is happy to focus on the living space and layout, I have been tasked researching...

Hello! :greetings: Grover here Do you know how to design and rig a solar grid? Neither did I But then I found this awesome "Planning Guide" from a catalogue for Backwoods Solar out of the U.S. I trimmed the catalogue so it only included the helpful stuff but if you want to learn everything...

Hello! I'm in the early stages of planning my solar set up, and something just looks off, so I'd love extra sets of eyes on this spreadsheet to make sure I'm estimating my needs correctly. My 6-window bus will be my full-time home. Although I hope to use my bus for travel in the future, I...

Hello all, After hours and hours and hours of research and learning I think I'm finally near completion on my wiring diagram! I'm missing the gauges for a few wires that I'm yet to work out. But I do have a few questions about this element of the build. I want to use AGM batteries because I...