60w or 120w Solar Panel?

[Pummer67]

I assume it was your battery that was faulty Pummer67 that was causing your fridge problems

Yea. Most definitely was. Looks like your having a great trip

 

[AussieMick]

I have my portable 150w solar blanket out in the sun and my van is sort of in the shade as its quite hot here.
So that means my roof top panel is not collecting much.
This is why its good to have a portable panel as well as fixed, it gives you a few options. If your battery needs a lot of charge then you can put out both panels. But if really hot you can park in the shade (hopefully) and still charge battery off the portable.

 

[banksey88]

I fitted a 130watt panel to my pop top and would say if it's not sunny you could do with more. I only run the usual. Fridge, led lights, chargers for phones. I managed to run the cables after it was all converted. I would do some research. Definitely dont pay that price unless it was for a much bigger set up but even then if your good with your hands it's really not hard to fit yourself.

Ok so 120w probably won’t be enough anyway if that’s the highest my converters is offering. I should be able to do it myself, just didn’t fancy drilling any holes into my pop top. But sounds like there are ways around doing that.

 

[banksey88]

I have my portable 150w solar blanket out in the sun and my van is sort of in the shade as its quite hot here.
So that means my roof top panel is not collecting much.
This is why its good to have a portable panel as well as fixed, it gives you a few options. If your battery needs a lot of charge then you can put out both panels. But if really hot you can park in the shade (hopefully) and still charge battery off the portable. View attachment 82485

Looks a great set up and plenty of solar being generated!

 

[Pummer67]

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Ok so 120w probably won’t be enough anyway if that’s the highest my converters is offering. I should be able to do it myself, just didn’t fancy drilling any holes into my pop top. But sounds like there are ways around doing that.

Posted some pics the other day of how I done mine. I didnt want to drill pop top either. I will find the link for the other thread.

 

[Pummer67]

Fitting Photonics Universe round rear junction box solar panel to standard van roof

I'm looking at getting one of these when back in stock: https://www.photonicuniverse.com/en/catalog/full/438-160W-Black-Reinforced-semi-flexible-solar-panel-with-round-rear-junction-box-and-3m-cable-with-durable-ETFE-coating-German-solar-cells.html It's black and stealthy and you wont see the...

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