small system setup almost complete?

[pfsweets]

Hi Everyone.

Well I have to say I have become a junkie on not only you tube but also this forum since I have no experience with putting power into my van. I am working on setting up my own small portable system. Somewhat of a plug and go and if I can get some feedback that would be great.

I have a conversion van and really the only panel that will fit on my roof is the renogy 150w panel.  I am thinking about going with a agm 130 - 140 amp hour battery.  I will also get either the Morningstar or Blue ski charge controller and a small 300 or 400watt inverter.  Attwood puts out a battery box for a marine deep cycle battery with two 12 volt imputs and a 10amp fuse built in for those,  LED battery level indicator w/one-touch "test" button, and  external terminals. Price about 70.00..  

Right now I am only going out for the max about 10 days at a time travelling and am not a full timer yet.

I plan on using the power for my Dometic 35 fridge (which is the most important) and charging cell phone and lap top devices and maybe running a small 35watt tv a couple hours a day (not always).
I am also planning on hooking up the altenator to the battery for charging.
Any imput would be helpful.

Thanks
Peggy

 

[frater secessus]

If the bulk charging gets done by the alternator every day then the solar can probably top it off. Hopefully SternWake will chime in but I am skeptical that 150w solar would be able to keep a 140A AGM happy running a fridge and 400w inverter.

Maybe a more space-efficient monocrystal panel would let you get up to 200w or so?