Advice on Lithium Solar setup
Hello, I'm about to move into a conversion van full-time, 80% boondocking, and would like your advice about what I'm planning. My electrical requirements won't be much. I don't expect to use more t...
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Almot wrote:
If your needs require nominal 200AH Li, it means nominal 300AH if you go AGM route.
$600 for 300AH AGM is less than $1,900 for 200AH Li, but with (looks like) purchase of a new van, you're into big expenses anyway.
Not really, but it looks that way from what I've written. Fortunately I'm blessed with a pretty good job and can work wherever I have internet access. I can go into the office but it's not necessary. My house is on the market now and I want to vandwell mainly for the freedom and sightseeing. The van and solar system will be large but necessary upfront costs. I'm actually fiscally conservative and spend way too much time obsessing about how to save money. Lithium offers many more charge cycles than AGM, plus less weight would mean better gas mileage, and those equal long-term savings, hence my interest. I'm an Army vet and am used to primitive camping (or worse) so a van will be luxurious, relatively speaking. I've previously done it for
a month in a borrowed van and absolutely loved it.
I'd still prefer Lithium because on paper it's a cost saver. It looks like I need to ensure that the float charge is set to null, and the solar charger can do that but the jury is out on if wall chargers will do it correctly. So, without certainty on the wall chargers I can't feel confident that it's a smart investment, and I'd also like for adoption to be more widespread so there is more feedback available before I make that plunge.
