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moonlitsouls
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Jan 04, 2021

Solar Questions

Hope all is well, i am planning to upgrade the solar system of my truck camper. The camper came with 2 lead acid batteries which will be replaced with 100ah Battle Born lithium ion. THe camper also has 1 x 190w GoPower solar panel with the accompanying gopower solar controler.

Here's my plan

Upgrade the batteries
upgrade Solar controller to mppt
add 1 x 190 watt panel for a total of 380w
add inverter
transfer switch to turn on/shut off generator when power is needed
and id like a remote to turn on/off the inverter from the panel

I am still very new to this and not even sure if what im saying will make sense to you, but so far, i think this is what i need


i have created a list on amazon with a few products minus the additional panel and the batteries , pls let me know your thoughts on where i can improve and anything else i may be missing

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/28BTUNU8WSZD8?ref_=wl_share
  • Stock charger right? Have you verified that it is compatible with the LI battery? They are not the same as flooded batteries.
  • CA Traveler wrote:
    Seems reasonable. How will the battery be charged when the sun doesn't shine?


    hmm , well i assume through the generator bc ill be boondocking quite a bit, i have not secured an electrical hoookup and ill be full timing until i sort that out. i have a LP onan generator to run when the solar is not working. although i am concerned about this too, we dont get too many truly sunny days in NYC in the winter
  • Seems reasonable. How will the battery be charged when the sun doesn't shine?

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