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I have a similar set up. I have a 15 watt solar panel that is direct wired to 5 computer fans. Nothing fancy. No controller, no battery. 2 of the fans are behind the fridge and suck air out, helping to cool the fridge even when it is not powered up. 1 in in the battery compartment and sucks air...

Yeah, most often that would be the case. But I live in Australia, and we get a lot more sunlight hours than most of the USA. So a 580 watt system, getting even the short 5 hours of sunlight on the worst winter's day, each 100w panel produces 5.25 wats of power. I'll ignore the 80 watt panel as a...

Currently my van has 3 x 64 watt unisolar panels, and a 80watt panel. This is 272 watts of solar power. That was enough for the occasional camping trip, but for full time on board living it is a little low. I have a 12 volt fridge, and a laptop, tv, LED lights and so on. <br>I am thinking of...

It could also be worth getting a dual battery smart switch. Worth having if you drive a fair bit.<br>

I was resting a 100w solar panel inside my big bus on the dash. It was partly shaded by the split windscreen, but it still produced over 80w of power when the sun was at its optimum angle. So yeah, a solar panel will work inside your van mounted on the dash.<br>

I stumbled across this article today, a camel powered solar van. Or that a solar powered camel van?<br>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/13/2791504.htm?site=alicesprings<br>

Well this week I had to drop out of uni because I just can not afford to go any more. The bus fare, extra costs of going were too much. I had to work to do some part time work. The problem with that is that because of my learning disability I got behind with my studies. I mean I put a LOT of...

Yeah, your van looks like any work van. Though the rack for the solar panel is a little high. Does it affect milage much with the extra drag?<br>

<br>LOL, Australia actually. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"><br>

I have, a very nasty habit in life, of almost always making the wrong decisions.<br> If there is a decision to be made, you can garuntee I'll make the wrong one. So<br> I am very worried about doing so soon when it comes to choosing the vehichle to<br> live in long term. But not sure which one...

Hi all.<br>I am Romana Starfield from http://vandwellers.org<br>I'm a long time vandweller, living in a unit at the moment, but thinking about getting back on the road due to my financial situation. I'm also a long term admirer of this web site and Bob. As some of you may have read, there was an...