Supertramp
Free Member
Hello everyone! I have a few questions about solar and whether it is even feasible on my little camper and if it will help attain what I'm trying to achieve or if something else is a better shout.
I have this:
A 1971 VW Camper. The roof elevates like this:
And looks like this from above (without the bag on the luggage wrack):
So I don't have much space.
I have a 110ah leisure battery, Durite split charge and a Zig CF9. While travelling at the moment the only real draw is the Waeco CR50 compressor fridge at between 1.4-1.7ah. We have propex but don't use it (it's too hot) and a couple of LED lights but we only pop them on and off when getting into bed. We charge iPhones via the 12v socket once in a while.
So mostly it's just the fridge and I'd like to help the battery with solar if possible. We mostly free camp (being small enough, but not quite inconspicuous enough to do so) making use of Aires and beaches. I'd like to increase the time we can do this without plugging in.
I could something like this and use the luggage wrack:
Or semi flexible panels on the elevating part? But then you'd have quite long cable runs I think?
Any suggestions? Thoughts?
Thank you!
I have this:
A 1971 VW Camper. The roof elevates like this:
And looks like this from above (without the bag on the luggage wrack):
So I don't have much space.
I have a 110ah leisure battery, Durite split charge and a Zig CF9. While travelling at the moment the only real draw is the Waeco CR50 compressor fridge at between 1.4-1.7ah. We have propex but don't use it (it's too hot) and a couple of LED lights but we only pop them on and off when getting into bed. We charge iPhones via the 12v socket once in a while.
So mostly it's just the fridge and I'd like to help the battery with solar if possible. We mostly free camp (being small enough, but not quite inconspicuous enough to do so) making use of Aires and beaches. I'd like to increase the time we can do this without plugging in.
I could something like this and use the luggage wrack:
Or semi flexible panels on the elevating part? But then you'd have quite long cable runs I think?
Any suggestions? Thoughts?
Thank you!