Thjs is the solar part of my post on the little S&S camper I bought last July, full post can be seen here http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/150082-Tiny-S-amp-S-custom
I knew little to nothing about solar installs but jumped in and figured the basics out, pretty easy actually. System includes a Blue Sky Sun Charger 30 controller, Samlex 600 inverter, Blue Sea fuse block, Home Depot 100 watt panel, some leds and dimmers from Amazon. I could have saved $ by getting a cheaper inverter and controller but decided these will last me a long time and easily moved to whatever. Panel is mounted on 2"x3" alum square tubing(elevated to keep it cooler) from a metal scrap yard; tubing is lag bolted to camper roof joists/rafters and panel on it, plan to install hinges on the panel so I change the angle to the sun. Using an interstate marine battery in a box I made, hinged top that the inverter sits on, vents to the outside. Both interior and exterior leds are controller by dimmers, each individual light has an on/off switch so I can select what I want to have on.
interior layout of equipment, benches seen are the bed bases which fold down and cover the equipment on the floor
solar in to controller, vent from bat box
light under new shelf and central light and close up of the Blue Sea and its dimmer(same as the dimmer on ext lights)
three exterior lights at rear center, sides and dimmer mount(needs cosmetic finishing!) for ext lights above rear door each of the lights has its separate on/off switch.I plan on adding little hoods over the lights to direct more light downward
Brian
I knew little to nothing about solar installs but jumped in and figured the basics out, pretty easy actually. System includes a Blue Sky Sun Charger 30 controller, Samlex 600 inverter, Blue Sea fuse block, Home Depot 100 watt panel, some leds and dimmers from Amazon. I could have saved $ by getting a cheaper inverter and controller but decided these will last me a long time and easily moved to whatever. Panel is mounted on 2"x3" alum square tubing(elevated to keep it cooler) from a metal scrap yard; tubing is lag bolted to camper roof joists/rafters and panel on it, plan to install hinges on the panel so I change the angle to the sun. Using an interstate marine battery in a box I made, hinged top that the inverter sits on, vents to the outside. Both interior and exterior leds are controller by dimmers, each individual light has an on/off switch so I can select what I want to have on.
interior layout of equipment, benches seen are the bed bases which fold down and cover the equipment on the floor
solar in to controller, vent from bat box
light under new shelf and central light and close up of the Blue Sea and its dimmer(same as the dimmer on ext lights)
three exterior lights at rear center, sides and dimmer mount(needs cosmetic finishing!) for ext lights above rear door each of the lights has its separate on/off switch.I plan on adding little hoods over the lights to direct more light downward
Brian
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