Community Forums

vanmark · 02-06-2021, 08:18 PM

As the OP won’t be boondocking and wanting to use the solar panel for a maintenance charge only for a full charge, one panel will be enough. Shut off all loads and you will be fine for keeping the batteries fully charged.

YC1 · 02-06-2021, 08:24 PM

Plenty.

Run with it and if your lifestyle changes you can add all that fits. You will have to change the controller if you get much larger.

Old Scout · 02-06-2021, 08:39 PM

if 100 watts "isn't much;" then 2 times "isn't much" still isn't much.... 300 watts is a good start; 600 is much better; 1000+ gets you in the big leagues ….what ever you decided to do, don't have the factory add the panel--it will probably cost you twice what it should...and it still wont be much...IMHO.

trx430ex · 02-06-2021, 08:44 PM

Really, a Prevo 40 with just a 100 watt panel? It's basically for topping off the batts, speaking of which Prevo still comes with lead acid 6 volts?.

For what you are doing it is a fine set up just to keep everything from going dead. And that is about it.

If you plan no boondocking you are fine, and the Genny can pick up any stops the alternator would be off for.

Well being a Prevo, if you want to upgrade, I would go with replacing lead acid batts with "Battle Born" lithium ion batts, half the weight, 6 times the energy, and I would hope a Prevo comes with a Lithium Ion inverter/converter. For that money.

https://battlebornbatteries.com/

Let me put it a different way, with Lithium batts in the morning you can make coffee, toast bagels & everything else without running the genny. Nice and quiet, as neighbors we do appreciate that.

with lead acid you have to start the genny just to make coffee,

Lead acid batts, even 6 of them , suck, @ energy storage.

Ivylog · 02-07-2021, 06:39 AM

In 1991, 100W of solar was high tech even in a bus conversion.

Not sure what Lion batteries has to do with 100W of solar??? Maybe a new thread on why I should pay double for BattleBorn???