wincrasher65 wrote:
There is plenty of space on the roof. The wiring would be a snap as you could go down the back of the closet cabinet. Problem is you have to drill a hole in the roof of your van.
Right now I've got a portable 120 watt panel that works pretty well.
Considering this van is pointed towards the sports-active types, and not necessarily full-timers or long term campers, solar may be seen as unnecessary. If you are just over-nighting in non-cold weather, the single battery will easily last 24 hours until you start up and drive the van. Also, since it has a generator, you have that charging option too.
Is the 120 able to run your air conditioning? We would probably get the portable then, they look to fold up fairly small. We are not full timers, always out for 2-4 day weekends, day trips and a couple week long, but really would like to have this, as I believe the Travato only has one battery?Also looking to go out now for cross country skiing. We have 2 on our current, and even short timing if the battery dies or we use it up for some reason not going to be too good. We have 2 small dogs also we take everywhere. May open up more options for us also. I know we dry camp in state parks a lot and they have limited generator times, and we have gotten banged on our door by angry campers. :o
