Sprinter Solar Panels

Here s a summary of what we ve done to add solar charging to our van.

Sprinter solar panels.

Renogy 100 watt monocrystalline solar panels or the 160w version renogy solar panel monocrystalline solar panel. Our batteries were usually back at 100 by late morning and that was after running our rear door cargo lights for hours at night. At first i was leaning towards mounting them sideways across the roof. The energy stored from solar panels is the same as when you run your van s engine to have the van s alternator charge your batteries.

On my diy sprinter rv conversion i ve mounted a pair of grape solar 160w solar panels purchased from costco for us 230 each. Auxiliary batteries are standard with sportsmobile s standard equipment package. I ll talk more about how to determine how much solar power to have in the next section. Some mornings we even plugged in an electric kettle into the inverter for some.

Solar panels and charger solar is a great way to recharge a battery and keep equipment like fridges and fans running during the day. Solar panels collect the sun s energy and store it in your auxiliary battery batteries. Go where you want to go and have convenient. My solar panels are made by bend based zamp solar the same company that made the solar panels on my first sprinter van.

If we had to purchase panels there are plenty of good quality panels out there at reasonable prices such as these. This sprinter van solar panel roof cross bar allows you to mount solar panels to your sprinter van s roof. This solar panel roof bar is compatible with all high roof sprinter vans made between after 2019. Just a few years ago these panels would have cost us 500 each and only be available from specialty solar companies.

I wired the two 12v solar panels in series for a higher voltage and current output for. The price you see is for 1 solar panel roof bar. Peimar 300w solar panel or equivalent 1 midnite kid 30a solar charge controller or equivalent 1 samlex pst 2000 12 2kw 12v pure sine inverter 1 sikaflex 715 sealant 1. We ve already taken one week long trip with the renogy solar panels on our sprinter van.

You are able to mount solar panels between 2 solar panel roof cross bars.