This is great! I need you! I live in Roseville MN and I'm working on converting a Transit Connect through Minnesota winter, too, a year behind you. My next step is to tackle the electrical setup and I'm trying to decide what to include, and which of the original build's components to reuse. Any chance you would be willing to talk with me about this? I would love to connect and quiz you on what resources or people you would recommend.
Love the set up and appreciate how clearly all of your videos are explained. I am looking to go this route with the renogy solar panel kit. I am going to have a professional do it though once i buy the products. My question is i watched the video and see your two listed products here and notice there is no inverter. But when i go on to the renogy site it says “you will need a solar inverter when using a battery” in regard to their product. I’m not very good with this stuff (exactly why i am hiring someone to hook it up). Does it mean i only need an inverter if I’m not using solar panels? Very confused but i feel like you will be able to explain this clearer than many others would. Also i should note we are getting this for the sole purpose of powering the max air fan and a couple lights .. so nothing too crazy. Would love some easier answers to this. Thanks for your time
Hey Marino. Thanks for watching! The kit I am showing here show everything that I had for my solar setup. I didn’t have any inverters. Perhaps they are talking about the charge controller, which you need to take the energy your panels pull in and send it to the battery at a voltage that it can handle. The kits come with one. Inverters, from my understanding are what can take DC voltage (used for max fan and your lights) and convert it to AC (running and outlet like you have in your house). Think of those little boxes you can plug into the cigarette lighter plug in your car so you can plug something into it with a regular cord you would use in your house. That is an inverter. In this context the inverter would take electricity that comes out of your battery (DC) and converts it to AC for having standard outlets which from the sounds of it, you won’t need. I am not an expert, in fact at the beginning of the build I knew exactly nothing about electrical, but just spent way too many hours researching our electrical set up. I hope this helps a little. I understand how incredibly confusing this part all is.
This is great! I need you! I live in Roseville MN and I'm working on converting a Transit Connect through Minnesota winter, too, a year behind you. My next step is to tackle the electrical setup and I'm trying to decide what to include, and which of the original build's components to reuse. Any chance you would be willing to talk with me about this? I would love to connect and quiz you on what resources or people you would recommend.
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Love the set up and appreciate how clearly all of your videos are explained. I am looking to go this route with the renogy solar panel kit. I am going to have a professional do it though once i buy the products. My question is i watched the video and see your two listed products here and notice there is no inverter. But when i go on to the renogy site it says “you will need a solar inverter when using a battery” in regard to their product. I’m not very good with this stuff (exactly why i am hiring someone to hook it up). Does it mean i only need an inverter if I’m not using solar panels? Very confused but i feel like you will be able to explain this clearer than many others would. Also i should note we are getting this for the sole purpose of powering the max air fan and a couple lights .. so nothing too crazy. Would love some easier answers to this. Thanks for your time
Hey Marino. Thanks for watching!
The kit I am showing here show everything that I had for my solar setup. I didn’t have any inverters. Perhaps they are talking about the charge controller, which you need to take the energy your panels pull in and send it to the battery at a voltage that it can handle. The kits come with one.
Inverters, from my understanding are what can take DC voltage (used for max fan and your lights) and convert it to AC (running and outlet like you have in your house). Think of those little boxes you can plug into the cigarette lighter plug in your car so you can plug something into it with a regular cord you would use in your house. That is an inverter. In this context the inverter would take electricity that comes out of your battery (DC) and converts it to AC for having standard outlets which from the sounds of it, you won’t need.
I am not an expert, in fact at the beginning of the build I knew exactly nothing about electrical, but just spent way too many hours researching our electrical set up.
I hope this helps a little. I understand how incredibly confusing this part all is.