- Jan 2, 2012
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- Funster No
- 19,303
- MH
- Knaus Van Ti 640 MEG
- Exp
- Had a variety of tents, tipis, motorhomes, caravans and now back to a coach built motorhome!
Our van is a year old and the dealer fitted an Avtex 100w solar panel before we picked it up.
I’ve since put a 280ah lithium battery in and switched the Avtex solar controller to a Victron Smartsolar 100/20 which has a lithium profile. The lithium battery has given us far greater flexibility, but as expected we’re now trying to get more input in to charge without having to visit hookup every so often.
I think the smartsolar should be fine with 300w of solar from what I’ve read.
How do I tell if the wiring the dealer put in is fine for 300w of solar? Running new wiring to the battery will be a pain.
My plan was to add another 1 or 2 100w panels on the roof and link them to the existing wiring.
Thanks for any input or comments.
I’ve since put a 280ah lithium battery in and switched the Avtex solar controller to a Victron Smartsolar 100/20 which has a lithium profile. The lithium battery has given us far greater flexibility, but as expected we’re now trying to get more input in to charge without having to visit hookup every so often.
I think the smartsolar should be fine with 300w of solar from what I’ve read.
How do I tell if the wiring the dealer put in is fine for 300w of solar? Running new wiring to the battery will be a pain.
My plan was to add another 1 or 2 100w panels on the roof and link them to the existing wiring.
Thanks for any input or comments.