Solar panel Autosleeper Broadway 2012. Keeping the vehicle battery topped up.

[Carolina]

Our van is in open air storage. I aim to visit once a week or fortnightly at the most. I would appreciate recommendations regarding a solar panel I can leave on the dashboard. I would connect it to the battery for the van, a Peugeot Boxer, which is in the passenger footwell. So the leads need to be long enough. Some I have seen have very short leads. The battery itself is brand new. Very likely discussed elsewhere but would appreciate your help.

I assume the battery needs to be disconnected when it's attached to the panel. Can that in itself lead to problems?

As a motorhome newbie advice is much appreciated.

Thanks ☺

 

[AG 2602]

Hi There

Got one of these before Christmas seems to work well. I’ve attached to passenger window and leads are long enough to run to battery in footwell.
I have a tracker on the van so I can monitor the strength of the battery and it’s keeping it at around 12.6 volts and that’s in relatively cloudy weather..
Will be getting a battery master fitted in the spring but hopefully this should see me through the winter.

 

[Carolina]

Thanks. Is it OK to leave the battery connected to the vehicle while the panel is connected?

 

[AG 2602]

Thanks. Is it OK to leave the battery connected to the vehicle while the panel is connected?

Yes think you are meant to leave it connected.

 

[Carolina]

Thanks for your help. I've bought one now.