Sprinter Van Conversion Solar Panels

Eat sleep van episode 23 900w solar on a sprinter style ford transit van conversion this episode we show off our solar panels why we chose them over flexibl.

Sprinter van conversion solar panels.

This sprinter van solar panel roof cross bar allows you to mount solar panels to your sprinter van s roof. Sprinter van conversion solar kits i ve put together some kit lists for different solar power requirements. The price you see is for 1 solar panel roof bar. When wiring it s important that you have solid secure connections that will not vibrate loose fit poorly and increase resistance or promote heat and the possibility of a fire.

Sprinter van conversion wiring. For parallel wiring all the positive wires go together and all the negative wires go together. These are an idea of a system design based light medium and high usage and with the brands technology i would use if doing our setup again. I ll talk more about how to determine how much solar power to have in the next section.

The solar panels harness the power from the sun and then a wire runs to the batteries where the power is stored. Select solar charging system. Next you will choose from our two van kit types. With the inverter solar panel solar controller and batteries installed we needed to get going on wiring.

The first thing we did was mount our solar panels to our van s roof and wire them together in parallel using a signstek y branch wiring connector. Download a free parts list here https www dropbox. You are able to mount solar panels between 2 solar panel roof cross bars. My solar panels are made by bend based zamp solar the same company that made the solar panels on my first sprinter van.

Solar generators before closing out we d like to give a quick mention to solar generators. Installing a solar panel kit on your camper van or rv should follow the same steps as installing rigid solar panels listed above. Do not hook up your solar panels to the charge controller until the batteries are connected. Van conversion solar kits are complete with solar panels 3 sizes available or van conversion power kits that allow you to add the size and amount of solar panels you need.

In this video i am installing a total of 480watts of solar panels to our mercedes sprinter camper van.