rvwanderer1
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I want to install solar, so here is what I have now... ON a 28 ft dutchman
To run my generator I have to take the shore cable and plug it into a spot in the RV. Then I run the generator for 110 ....unplug it and no power ...
If Im NOt using the Genset. I have one house battery ( which sits in its own little outside compartment) The power goes to a converter which then lights the 12v lights and other 12v plugs. There is no inverter , book says there is one, but how it works or where it may be I cant find it.
So ive decided I need 300 watts of solar, When i hook them up
the panels will NOT be wired in series but parallel. As I understand it, if in series, one part of a panel doesnt get any sun. Then entire system stops working NOT just the panel in the shade.
I'll put a fuse between The panel and the controller, Im going with a 30 Amp controller which will handle what IM doing plus more panels if needed. and another fuse between the controller and the Batteries. Im going to buy 2 deep cycle 12v batteries and mount them in a storage compartment . Then run a wire from them to the 3rd battery. The 3 batteries will be wired so the system is 12V ( of course) .....
so first question, can the wires from the controller, go on just one battery , or do I need to put one wire on one battery and one at the other end of the row of batteries one on + one on - ...???? ( its not a stupid question if u dont know the answer)
at this point I'll have lots of 12v power but...
Then the big question. I'll buy a pure sine wave inverter. connect it to the house batteries. and then what???????
I can put in another 30 amp plug and when I want to use solar, I unplug from the generator and plug in the solar. sure that would work
but can I connect it any place else so I dont have to connect the plug each time I want to use it.
Last question, prices ive gotten
30 amp controller ,$175
300 watts of panels ( going with Monochrystalline ) $329
Inverter $350
fuses n wire$ 20
two batteries 109 each
Price around $1100, does that sound right?????
To run my generator I have to take the shore cable and plug it into a spot in the RV. Then I run the generator for 110 ....unplug it and no power ...
If Im NOt using the Genset. I have one house battery ( which sits in its own little outside compartment) The power goes to a converter which then lights the 12v lights and other 12v plugs. There is no inverter , book says there is one, but how it works or where it may be I cant find it.
So ive decided I need 300 watts of solar, When i hook them up
the panels will NOT be wired in series but parallel. As I understand it, if in series, one part of a panel doesnt get any sun. Then entire system stops working NOT just the panel in the shade.
I'll put a fuse between The panel and the controller, Im going with a 30 Amp controller which will handle what IM doing plus more panels if needed. and another fuse between the controller and the Batteries. Im going to buy 2 deep cycle 12v batteries and mount them in a storage compartment . Then run a wire from them to the 3rd battery. The 3 batteries will be wired so the system is 12V ( of course) .....
so first question, can the wires from the controller, go on just one battery , or do I need to put one wire on one battery and one at the other end of the row of batteries one on + one on - ...???? ( its not a stupid question if u dont know the answer)
at this point I'll have lots of 12v power but...
Then the big question. I'll buy a pure sine wave inverter. connect it to the house batteries. and then what???????
I can put in another 30 amp plug and when I want to use solar, I unplug from the generator and plug in the solar. sure that would work
but can I connect it any place else so I dont have to connect the plug each time I want to use it.
Last question, prices ive gotten
30 amp controller ,$175
300 watts of panels ( going with Monochrystalline ) $329
Inverter $350
fuses n wire$ 20
two batteries 109 each
Price around $1100, does that sound right?????