Truck Cap Solar Panel

I selected a high capacity 12 volt sealed rv marine battery that can be found in most discount warehouse stores for under 75.

Truck cap solar panel.

This is the solar setup we installed on our 2017 eagle cap 1165 truck camper. We used two 100w solar panels and a go power. Two 120 watt solar panels will double that providing nearly 70 amp hours a day. With this type of installation the solar panels are typically six to eight inches above the existing roof rack.

It still keeps the batteries charged but i would like to upgrade to more watts. The bed cap of my truck was too small for two or more smaller solar modules so i mounted a single siemens 100 watt 12 volt dc module using aluminum brackets. A three port solar panel junction box was also included in the kit click to enlarge. This kit includes a 150 watt class a mono crystalline solar panel a 30 amp 5 stage pwm pulse width modulation solar charge controller with lcd display 25 feet of 8 gauge wire a three port solar panel junction box and all required nuts bolts washers fuse holders fuses splice connectors.

Due to the limited space on truck camper roofs portable solar panels are a terrific option. In this video i m showing how to do solar panel camping setup on a truck van trailer rv and so on without any drilling using flexible solar panel relati. Mounting a solar panel in this fashion subjects the solar panel to wind thus potentially stressing the panel mounts and wiring. So a 120 watt solar panel will produce at least 34 amp hours on a clear day.

A 120 watt solar panel can produce up to 6 8 amps and during spring and summer this usually means you ll get four to five hours of peak performance.