Solar Power

Solar Power

This is the solar power system I intend to start with.

After the system is installed and tested I plan to add 2 additional batteries, connected in parallel to the first 2, for a total output of 12V 420Ah.

The charge controller and inverter that I selected can support up to 4 additional 120W 12V 8A solar panels, which would be connected in parallel to the first panel, for a total output of 600W 12V 40A.





COST EACH QTY Solar Power
$300.00 $300.00 1 120W 12V 8A Solar Panel
$398.00 $398.00 1 40A 12V Charge Controller & Digital Display
$294.00 $147.00 2 6V 210Ah; 2S; 12V 210Ah
$40.00 $40.00 1 Battery Temperature Sensor Cable
$10.00 $10.00 1 Hydrometer
$150.00 $150.00 1 Pure Sine Wave Inverter 600W
$25.00 $25.00 1 SW Inverter Remote




TOTAL


$1,217.00



Sunday, July 25, 2010

and on the third day...

The once golden carpet is gone, never to return! There was a filthy cloud of shite in the air most of the day, and I really should have been wearing a dust mask more often than I was... Maybe that's a good reason to get a sweet mask that I would want to wear... like a gas mask from the army surplus...

Removed the wardrobe, which housed a Coleman furnace in its base, and the seats on either side of the wardrobe, which contained the duct work and vents coming from the furnace. If what I'm reading is correct the old furnace is extremely inefficient when compared to modern electric heaters, so the Coleman will most likely get uninstalled tomorrow night and tossed up on craigslist.

The lounge has also been removed. The passenger side of the lounge was supported by the housing for the generator, while the driver side of the lounge was supported by the propane tank housing. Beneath the seat of the lounge and between the two housings sits the fresh water holding tank.

At some point today I realized that by the time I'm finished with this project I should be able to design a kit to turn a box truck into an RV... because I'm pretty sure that I'm turning an RV into a box truck to then turn it back into an RV...

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