solar power for dry camping & cpap machine
***Link Removed******Link Removed***Hello, I recently purchased a 2006 Thor Wanderer 30' travel trailer. I was disappointed that I could only run my cpap machine when the trailer is plugged in. I al...
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For what it's worth I am installing a solar system on my 5ver at about $1,712 in cost.
4 - 130 watt panels used from Craigslist. ($65 ea., total $260)
2 - Crown 240 ah 6v batteries ($135 ea., total $270)
1 - Magnum Energy MMS1012 inverter ($737)
1 - Morningstar TS-45 Charge Controller ($143)
1 - Bogart Engineering TM-2030-RV Battery Monitor ($158)
1 - Morningstar battery temp sensor ($25)
1 - Magnum Energy inverter remote ($47)
1 - GE 60 amp disconnect w/fuses ($21)
1 - 500amp shunt ($34)
1 - 200 amp DC fuse ($16)
So far I have installed the batteries and the battery monitor. I have purchased everything else and am just formulating my install plan and panel locations. I am fabricating my own panel mounts, I have developed my own wiring schematic and am doing all the install myself.
I expect to be able to run everything except the microwave and the AC without ever running a generator or being hooked up to shore power, my wife also uses a CPAP.
So why all this. To show you that a good solar system install can be done for considerably less than you think and to let you know that what you wish to run in your rig can be done within reason. You'll never run the AC on solar and you'll not likely run the microwave unless you have a really big battery bank and inverter but should be able to run everything else.
4 - 130 watt panels used from Craigslist. ($65 ea., total $260)
2 - Crown 240 ah 6v batteries ($135 ea., total $270)
1 - Magnum Energy MMS1012 inverter ($737)
1 - Morningstar TS-45 Charge Controller ($143)
1 - Bogart Engineering TM-2030-RV Battery Monitor ($158)
1 - Morningstar battery temp sensor ($25)
1 - Magnum Energy inverter remote ($47)
1 - GE 60 amp disconnect w/fuses ($21)
1 - 500amp shunt ($34)
1 - 200 amp DC fuse ($16)
So far I have installed the batteries and the battery monitor. I have purchased everything else and am just formulating my install plan and panel locations. I am fabricating my own panel mounts, I have developed my own wiring schematic and am doing all the install myself.
I expect to be able to run everything except the microwave and the AC without ever running a generator or being hooked up to shore power, my wife also uses a CPAP.
So why all this. To show you that a good solar system install can be done for considerably less than you think and to let you know that what you wish to run in your rig can be done within reason. You'll never run the AC on solar and you'll not likely run the microwave unless you have a really big battery bank and inverter but should be able to run everything else.
