Planning for solar installation this spring
My TT comes with a single Interstate SRM-24 battery. We camped for one season so far and never really lived off the battery in any of the campground except for maybe an hour where I didn't plug in sh...
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EnzoColorado wrote:
1.) sell the Interstate battery, and get two of these AGM batteries for 200 AH capacity.
Best bang for your buck and best performance is lead acid, I recommend Crown.
2.) buy two 100 watts panels like this Renogy panel:
Renogy panels aren't to terribly bad.
3.) get a MPPT charge controller, maybe this SolarEpic MPPT 30A
For 200 watts you don't need MPPT, is overkill for what you are doing and costs more for little to no benefit.
What's the preferred way to mount the panels on the roof?
Buy or make some L brackets and screw them to the roof deck. cover the screw heads and brackets with self leveling Dicor.
Is there any issues with length of the wire vs. power loss from the panel?
Make sure to use a good online power loss calculator to determine wires sizes based on your run lengths. I used #8 from the panels to a combiner box then #6 to the controller.
