rderito
Active member
Hi, I need a little help figuring out what and which are the best electrical and solar components I need to buy for my school bus build.
Here's what I did so far,
I installed a small electrical 110 volt fuse box and wired six outlets in a chase above the countertop.
that's all I did so far.
I have six 160 Watt grape solar panels that I will mount to the roof and into my 80 amp mppt charge controller and then wire to 3 or 4 AGM batteries.
Here's what I would like to do.
1- I would like the engine to charge the batteries when its running.
2- also the solar panels will charge the batteries but I would like the solar to kick in automatically when the engine shuts off, if that's possible if not a switch is OK.
3- I would like a shore power plug that would power the fusebox and all the outlets but when not on shore power the batteries would power the 110 volt outlets
4- I would like the shore power to charge the batteries also if that's possible.
I will have 12 volt lights and fans to wire but I know how to wire those to the MPPT controller and 12 volt batteries.
I know I need an Inverter but not sure in what sequence to wire all the components that I need to make this work.
Its starting to get confusing to me.
I appreciate all the help.
Thank You.
![20181108_083525-816x612.jpg 20181108_083525-816x612.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/vanlivingforum/data/attachments/27/27978-dda4dc6e3a33f82b838bc9fc328b6f81.jpg)
![20181108_083445-612x816.jpg 20181108_083445-612x816.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/vanlivingforum/data/attachments/27/27979-2f066c4d4c7d1372bb22f97455809858.jpg)
Here's what I did so far,
I installed a small electrical 110 volt fuse box and wired six outlets in a chase above the countertop.
that's all I did so far.
I have six 160 Watt grape solar panels that I will mount to the roof and into my 80 amp mppt charge controller and then wire to 3 or 4 AGM batteries.
Here's what I would like to do.
1- I would like the engine to charge the batteries when its running.
2- also the solar panels will charge the batteries but I would like the solar to kick in automatically when the engine shuts off, if that's possible if not a switch is OK.
3- I would like a shore power plug that would power the fusebox and all the outlets but when not on shore power the batteries would power the 110 volt outlets
4- I would like the shore power to charge the batteries also if that's possible.
I will have 12 volt lights and fans to wire but I know how to wire those to the MPPT controller and 12 volt batteries.
I know I need an Inverter but not sure in what sequence to wire all the components that I need to make this work.
Its starting to get confusing to me.
I appreciate all the help.
Thank You.
![20181108_083525-816x612.jpg 20181108_083525-816x612.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/vanlivingforum/data/attachments/27/27978-dda4dc6e3a33f82b838bc9fc328b6f81.jpg)
![20181108_083445-612x816.jpg 20181108_083445-612x816.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/vanlivingforum/data/attachments/27/27979-2f066c4d4c7d1372bb22f97455809858.jpg)