Going on an RV is a great way to travel and see the country. It is also a great way to spend quality time with your family.
An RV is actually a House on wheels. It has all that you'll need a comfortable, less some of electrical devices. As a matter of fact, if you want to take some home appliances such as television, microwave oven, computer, Xbox etc., you can do it. But you have to prepare a power source for them.
There are ready made in RV solar Kit market. However, these kits will be quite expensive. The cost of the investment will depend on the amount of power that you need on your RV. A system that can produce 300 Watts of electricity will cost more than $ 2700!
A cheaper solution is to make the solar system through an approach to Do It Yourself (DIY). The system is quite simple. The main components are the solar panels, charge controller, battery unit and power inverters.
The function of solar panels is to harness energy from the Sun and convert it into direct current (DC). Power Panel will serve from charge controller to charge deep cycle batteries.
Because the batteries hold only direct current (DC), you will need power inverter to convert the DC to Alternate current (AC). With AC power, you can now run all your electrical appliances on your RV with free energy from the Sun.
How will that cost to make the system solar DIY for your RV. That will depend on your vehicle's power needs. The biggest investment cost is the battery and power reversed. Solar panels are relatively cheap because you can do with solar cells used by eBay.
Search for more ideas on how to use the solar RV? Learn to build your own solar system do-it-yourself by downloading a free copy of "30 solar and wind power for video case" e-book http://www.diysolarenergy.info/ at
No comments:
Post a Comment