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230 watts solar, 230AH LifePo4 and a 60amp B2B means we never need EHU even in winter in the UK.Just how much solar power and battery power is enough to throw the ehu cables away??
300w solar 600ah lithium???
680w solar 900ah lithium???
50a B2B??
Or is it just a case of fill the roof and battery compartment and empty the wallet??
I've gone for 2x 230 ah Lithium they are coming up at 240 & 245 ah, 350 watts of solar room for another 200 if needed. Changing the Schaudt B2B for an Orian XS.Have not thought through what this might need, but possibly around 1000 Ah of lithium and maybe upto 1000 watts of solar - if there is enough roof space. Perhaps @Lenny HB has thought about all of this for his new Gin Palace.
Just how much solar power and battery power is enough to throw the ehu cables away??
300w solar 600ah lithium???
680w solar 900ah lithium???
50a B2B??
Or is it just a case of fill the roof and battery compartment and empty the wallet??
Crikey!560ah Lithium, 630 Watt Solar, 90ah B2B
We can cook, air fry, kettle (a lot), charge all day whatever we want, TV and lights, toaster, microwave
you name it we can do it Ade and up to now that’s just in the UK
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Crikey!
That would power our Bungalow, but probably not my outdoor Christmas Lights
May I ask what a Multiplus is, and what does it do?The outlay was quite a bit but I was happy to pay it, no need for hookup for the foreseeable future so i’m happy
Thinking about going back down to see RogerIvy for a Multiplus and that should be it hopefully
We were happy with 3x 80ah Gels and 300 Watts of solar in the last van.Depends on your use. 350 watts solar and a couple of lead acid batteries (180 ah) works for me. Electric use is really just just led lights, water pump, charge phone, tablet, laptop and electric bikes.
Gas for fridge, heating and cooking.
Don't travel too much in winter.
An inverter charger, it can combine the inverter output with the mains so if you are on a 5 EHU and want to run a 10 amp device it syncs the inverter output with the mains and combines them. Once you have finished with the load it goes back to charging the batteries. It also does auto switch over between inverter output and EHU.May I ask what a Multiplus is, and what does it do?
Will it power my outdoor Christmas lights and Inflatable Santa?
Never too early to get prepared.
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Wow!An inverter charger, it can combine the inverter output with the mains so if you are on a 5 EHU and want to run a 10 amp device it syncs the inverter output with the mains and combines them. Once you have finished with the load it goes back to charging the batteries. It also does auto switch over between inverter output and EHU.
Im fitting a Multiplus 3000, a 3000va inverter with a 120 amp charger.
With the Lithium 2x 230 ah costing a bit over £3k but if you need it installing that will be at least another £1k.
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I wouldn't risk that Michael as the CBE charger in your van has an automatic desulphastion phase that charges at 15.2v and you can't turn it off.turned the cbe one off and would use it in emergency to get batteries up to 70 or 80 percent.
Yes, it generates hydrogen. Why not help save the planet and use the inflatable Santas to store it? Maybe even the grazing reindeer tooElectricity and water is OK........
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Mini dish that's coming is native 12v and 25w I believe and router is in the dish itself, so I'm waiting for UK pricing.....Piece of string question...
I'm an outlier, but I'm on only 175w solar and 30A B2B and I rarely need hookup. I use the van I've got 280Ah of lithium and a 3 way fridge and no toys that need an inverter. Even off season when the solar is virtually useless, because I move the van quite a bit, the B2B keeps me going. After about 7 days in a wet March, the battery still had more than half in it. Then we drove for 3 hours and got a bit of sun and it was nearly full again.
I might add more solar if I ever get Starlink as that's bit of an energy hog. But I'm having a hard time justifying it otherwise. What I've got appears to be enough.
Now...........There's a thought!Yes, it generates hydrogen. Why not help save the planet and use the inflatable Santas to store it? Maybe even the grazing reindeer too
My first setup, I bought 300w of solar. I had no idea what my usage was. Only later I got a shunt and realised that for most of the year, my battery was full by 11am.For a few years I've been thinking that many people don't seem to have any idea about electricity in a moho, what's it used for, how much you need it and especially where it comes from to all the apparatus. Every time I see someone asking a question like "I want to have thing X, how much solar do I need" I would like to be a wiseguy and answer "none".
I may be a bit dumb but I've always thought it that way that I should have battery capacity for my needs for X days and that's it. To me it makes no sense to run a fridge, CPAP or any other necessary device 'from solar'. What do you do if it's rainy and cloudy? Your sausages go bad and you die at night?
Get enough batteries to run your stuff, charge them while driving and/or on EHU. If no EHU at home or at some other long time storage, get a decent solar system to keep batteries topped up.
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