Solar conversion on an ol Six Pac
Hey all! Brand new to the forum and brand new to having a cabover. Just bought a 93 six pac and am looking to fix her up a bit. One thing I'd like to do is slap a solar panel or 2 on the roof to avoid...
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Yep 2.
You can have multiple chargers going to the battery and they all play together fine. Many here have 3 chargers at once sometimes... alternator, converter/charger and solar charger. The one with the highest voltage is in charge, lol.
200 watts minimum, 300-350 preferred if you have room. * unless all you want is batt maintenance while stored.
Roof is fine unless you are always in deep shaded forest, in which case the ground probably not sunny either.
Pros for ground use is u can park in shade, put panels in the sun.
cons are you have to always every time deploy your solar system and wires and they are vulnerable and have to be kept safe when u are away.
200+ watts on the roof in the shade still gives you a good amount of watts as long as you are not power-hungry.
On the roof means you never really have to think about them again. Just keep them clean.
Consider running them in series.
You can have multiple chargers going to the battery and they all play together fine. Many here have 3 chargers at once sometimes... alternator, converter/charger and solar charger. The one with the highest voltage is in charge, lol.
200 watts minimum, 300-350 preferred if you have room. * unless all you want is batt maintenance while stored.
Roof is fine unless you are always in deep shaded forest, in which case the ground probably not sunny either.
Pros for ground use is u can park in shade, put panels in the sun.
cons are you have to always every time deploy your solar system and wires and they are vulnerable and have to be kept safe when u are away.
200+ watts on the roof in the shade still gives you a good amount of watts as long as you are not power-hungry.
On the roof means you never really have to think about them again. Just keep them clean.
Consider running them in series.
