Full Beginners Guide : How to Install Solar Panels on a RV Roof – 300w Renogy + 60 amp MPPT Rover
In this video I install 300 watts of Renogy monocrystalline solar panels on my toyota 1989 motorhome, this video is meant to be a full beginner guide of how to install solar panels from start to finish, including how to mount the panels on your RV, van, or tiny house roof. how to run your solar wire to your solar charge controller, and how to add safety precautions like adding fuses and breakers. I also show you the renogy app for the 60 amp rover charge controller. Hopefully this video is helpful for you, let me know any questions you have in the comment section below!
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100 Watt Monocrystalline solar panels
https://www.renogy.com/100-watt-12-volt-monocrystalline-solar-panel-compact-design/
60 amp MPPT Charge controller
https://www.renogy.com/rover-li-60-amp-mppt-solar-charge-controller/
MC4 connectors
https://www.renogy.com/solar-mc4y2-branch-connectors-mmmf-fffm-pair/
Cable entry box
https://www.renogy.com/cable-entry-housing/
Bluetooth Module
https://www.renogy.com/bt-1-bluetooth-module/
Solar cable
https://www.renogy.com/solar-panel-extension-cable-with-mc4-male-to-female-connectors/
Z brackets
https://www.renogy.com/solar-panel-mounting-z-bracket-set-of-4/
No drill mounting brackets
https://www.renogy.com/corner-bracket-mount/
RV tilting brackets
https://www.renogy.com/rv-tilt-mount-brackets/
12V DC-DC charger
https://www.renogy.com/12v-dc-to-dc-on-board-battery-charger/
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do you know if you have to ground your panels?
I was so interested in going solar and adding all the wiring and screwing in seems like a full time job I think getting a solar power bank with panals is the way to go for me thanks so much.
Need a vent for that battery. Batteries being charged can give off poisonous gas
Why put so many wholes in your roof? There are so many professional glue solutions available.
F'ing epic build, exactly what I'm looking to do. Renovation of these older motor homes powered by solar systems is ingenious.
LOL, update?
put a wind turbine on the roof and you can charge while driving..
Hi! Thanks for your video and all the great info. I have an 80s motorhome and I'm wanting to lay 4 panels, but I have no idea where the joists are… The wood beams. Did all your joins attach to the wooden beams? I'm imagining that I'm going to have to get some long bolts and go through the ceiling and then attach a nut..? Any thoughts or suggestions?
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You started van-life on Jan of 2020?!?!? Unfortunate timing to say the least.
And then, I see from your other channel that it didn't work out that great for you and Emily. You both got COVID. Glad to see you had mild cases. Phew!
Thanks for the help!
I'm just watching your year-old video and congratulate you on your decision at the time you did. I really hope you were able to jump before the global shutdown and Upscape to freedom on the road. ❣️🙏🏾
Good video but u hacked that whole project!😅
It takes some doing getting use to smaller spaces. Make outside area comfortable living space with awning, good chairs, outside TVs, and mosquito netting, and heater.
We like Renogy system and installed it on our travel trailer. Smart move not drilling in your thin roof, I would have done the same thing. You can dress it up with a plastic sticky square tube cover.
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They make conduit roof seals specifically for solar setups like this. I am doing an install on my 1985 GMC Citation and didn't want to run wires down the side of the truck because the wires are needlessly long and also it potentially could get ripped off and damaged when driving down roads with trees or bushes. Check it out here is the link to the rooftop wire fitting.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0111RNZDY/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00
What happens to the panels when it hails? No one has addressed tbis.Thnx
Ugh, wires on outside?
Good video, but why didn't you at least wait until sunny day or drive it somewhere sunny to do a final test? That was lame. I waited all the way until the end and you never showed what the solar panels could do at maximum output.
cant you just repark you rig for better angle ?
good for you. i hope you succeed at this and all your endeavors.
use the aluminin tubing to cover the wires outside instead of tape, so that it looks neat. my brother is an electrician and runs these tubings on all electrical lines and it looks professional. i think home depot sells them for very cheap.
Taking short trips but parking in parking lots full time ….makes no sense!
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you mean after we get rid of fossil fuels to save the planet and have all solar , that overcast weather will eventually stop everything ? noooo say it aibn't so !!! climate change ..climate change lol !
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