The website sparkfun.com has many free tutorials on electricity and electronics. These tutorials are used by teachers in various grades for STEAM educational programs. Also used by maker spaces to help educate new members.
For those who want to learn more about solar energy and the basics of electrical theory which are involved here are two of their tutorials to get you started. Take note that on the tutorials there are links to further information that is related to the topic.
A question many beginners have. What does AC and DC mean? What is a circuit and what are the types of circuits?
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/alternating-current-ac-vs-direct-current-dc
Now for some more basic about electricity
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/voltage-current-resistance-and-ohms-law/all
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/electric-power
This is their tutorial on how to use a multimeter
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-multimeter
This is a tutorial on using current limiting resisters with LED lights, something you might someday need if building lights from components. Sometimes van dwellers can save money with recycling parts from salvaged items or from sources that sell individual LEDs
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/219
While sparkfun.com does not have a tutorial for calculating solar for your RV that subject is covered elsewhere on the internet. Here is a website that can help you figure things out including some samples of wiring diagrams which might work for you.
https://www.parkedinparadise.com/solar-calculator/
Please feel free to add more links to good resources of basic education tutorials and useful sites with good help with understanding solar and battery needs in various types of RVs. It would be best to keep responses to posting links or leaving a comment about a tutorial and an alternative tutorial for the subject rather than try to write a long tutorial of your own in this thread. If you want to write a tutorial that is terrific but please put it in a thread of your own so that it does not get lost and that will make it much easier for you to directly respond to questions from forum members.
For those who want to learn more about solar energy and the basics of electrical theory which are involved here are two of their tutorials to get you started. Take note that on the tutorials there are links to further information that is related to the topic.
A question many beginners have. What does AC and DC mean? What is a circuit and what are the types of circuits?
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/alternating-current-ac-vs-direct-current-dc
Now for some more basic about electricity
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/voltage-current-resistance-and-ohms-law/all
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/electric-power
This is their tutorial on how to use a multimeter
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-multimeter
This is a tutorial on using current limiting resisters with LED lights, something you might someday need if building lights from components. Sometimes van dwellers can save money with recycling parts from salvaged items or from sources that sell individual LEDs
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/219
While sparkfun.com does not have a tutorial for calculating solar for your RV that subject is covered elsewhere on the internet. Here is a website that can help you figure things out including some samples of wiring diagrams which might work for you.
https://www.parkedinparadise.com/solar-calculator/
Please feel free to add more links to good resources of basic education tutorials and useful sites with good help with understanding solar and battery needs in various types of RVs. It would be best to keep responses to posting links or leaving a comment about a tutorial and an alternative tutorial for the subject rather than try to write a long tutorial of your own in this thread. If you want to write a tutorial that is terrific but please put it in a thread of your own so that it does not get lost and that will make it much easier for you to directly respond to questions from forum members.
