tomburras 2,730 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Recently we baught a caravan for weekends away and for fishing trip accommodation and would like to look into solar pannals for it. It would be handy when there's no spots available with hookups and the thaught of been off grid while away is appealing! Iv seen 100w panal kits for around £150 with a charge controler and mounting brackets and was thinking it could be rigged up to a high capacity leasure battery that's allready got a compartment and connections for it in the caravan. Has anyone tried this and how did it go? Also wondering how people attatched their pannals to the roof too. Any advice or ideas would be great! Cheers, Tom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ands 559 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I drilled bigger holes in my panel and bolted it ti the (lorry) roof i think it was an 80w it powers a 12v fridge/freezer,lights water pump etc no problem 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomburras 2,730 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I drilled bigger holes in my panel and bolted it ti the (lorry) roof i think it was an 80w it powers a 12v fridge/freezer,lights water pump etc no problem Sounds good! Is the fridge freezer on permenantly? I'm looking at a single 100w pannal so sounds caperble of what we need. It's for weekends away if there's no hookup pitches available and also I like the idea of off grid holidays. Do you run your solar pannal to it's own leasure battery seperate from the lorry battery? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ands 559 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 The new 12v fridges work using a compressor the same as the one in your house so when it gets cold enough it stops running,the leisure battery is separate from the lorry battery. The worst case scenario i imagine is if it was grey-rainy but warm weather - your fridge would have to work hard to stay cool and no sun to keep the battery topped up.A 12v connection to the lorry battery is handy to charge the leisure battery while the engine is running. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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