solar panel

1 Posts
May 9, 2002 11:56 am
solar panel

i drive a vw eurovan and i am wondering if i can place a solar panel on the van that would allow me to charge the carriage battery, which runs the refrigerator, roof ac unit, and other camping amenities.  any help would be appreciated. thanks.
 
39 Posts
May 16, 2002 12:59 pm
Re: solar panel

any size panel with an appropriate controller should work for you. the size of the panel, eg. how many watts, will determine the amount of time it will take to replace whatever power is removed. It will work best if the battery you have is deep cycle and designed to be recharged.
 
1 Posts
Feb 28, 2003 01:16 am
Re: solar panel

i have actually seen people on ebay selling solar panels acutally made for (by?) vw for their vehicles.  i had a 75w panel installed w/ brackets on top of my 84 westy with the regualtor etc and it charges and auxillary battery under the swing out table next to the fridge.
it is flawless and totally reliable.  i have also jumped myself in the alaskan wilderness morethan once using the back up battery.
highly recommended my friend.  including install in bend, oregon was about $800.  could have done it myself, just wouldnt have been as pretty.
cheers,
greg
>i drive a vw eurovan and i
>am wondering if i can place
>a solar panel on the van
>that would allow me to charge
>the carriage battery, which runs the
>refrigerator, roof ac unit, and other
>camping amenities.  any help would
>be appreciated. thanks.



 

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