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Got this from the ParkedInParadise van conversion blog: How To Size Your Campervan Charge Controller: At least 7.5 Amps for every 100W of solar This is easier for campervans because we already know our batteries are at 12V. Vandwellers are not usually using above 1000W of solar, so use the...

Thank you for the clarification. What about my battery to battery wire size, inverter to battery wire size, and battery to bus bars wire size? Should those all just be 2/0 AWG? Also, I'm not sure about the 175A fuse I have running from the inverter to pos bus bar. Is 175 too large there?

Thanks @highdesertstranger. I believe that's what @tom_m was alluding to with his battery diagram he posted. The 2 batteries should be connected positive to positive with battery A going to the positive bus bar; while also the 2 batteries should be connected negative to negative with battery B...

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I attached an updated diagram w/ a couple changes to note. The solar panels are wired in series, I have the charge controller, 12v fuse box, and inverter connected to positive and negative bus bars before the batteries, and I added several breakers with...

Hi All, First time setting up electric and complete noob at doing so, please keep patience in mind. I am trying to set up solar and electric in my van build out and have come up with the attached photo as my first draft of a wiring diagram. I was hoping to get some feedback and suggestions on...

@firtree, you're right, perhaps they're not theoretical. Instead what I should have said is that what I'm most interested in hearing are 1st hand accounts of ppl using a half ton V6 for a conversion and what their experiences were/are. Nonetheless, thanks for the input

Don't have my mind made up at all, that's why I've posted on the forum eliciting others' advice. I am however interested in first hand experiences ppl have had w/ conversion builds on half ton V6 vans as opposed to the theoretical

I'm not sure what size tires. Do you have any 1st hand experience with a similar size V6 engine carrying around a similar weight load in a conversion van?

Hi all, I'm about to make the full time plunge and need help with a vehicle I'm looking at buying. It's a 1999 Chevy Express 1500 V6 4.3L with 53k on it. The original owner is selling it, an older gentleman, and he used it for doing some handyman repairs before retiring (hence the low miles)...