In this video i am installing a total of 480watts of solar panels to our mercedes sprinter camper van.
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.
The price you see is for 1 solar panel roof bar.
I ll talk more about how to determine how much solar power to have in the next section.
Do not hook up your solar panels to the charge controller until the batteries are connected.
The solar panels harness the power from the sun and then a wire runs to the batteries where the power is stored.
All of our van solar kits can also have portable solar incorporated to use alone or with roof mount solar combined.
This solar panel roof bar is compatible with all high roof sprinter vans made between after 2019.
My solar panels are made by bend based zamp solar the same company that made the solar panels on my first sprinter van.
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.
Solar generators before closing out we d like to give a quick mention to solar generators.
With the inverter solar panel solar controller and batteries installed we needed to get going on wiring.
You are able to mount solar panels between 2 solar panel roof cross bars.
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Select solar charging system.
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.
With a solid alternator charging system and frequent driving you shouldn t need more than two 90w panels on a van our most popular configuration includes two panels on a 20a charge controller that gives you room for adding one more panel.
Sprinter van conversion solar kits i ve put together some kit lists for different solar power requirements.
Sprinter van conversion wiring.
Installing a solar panel kit on your camper van or rv should follow the same steps as installing rigid solar panels listed above.
For parallel wiring all the positive wires go together and all the negative wires go together.
This sprinter van solar panel roof cross bar allows you to mount solar panels to your sprinter van s roof.