How We Run and Power our Caravan Completely Off Grid! Lithium Battery, Inverter and Solar System! 

When I built my van, The Quote for solar was $10000, 2007, I did my own, $3200, 2x 260amp wet cell batteries, Lasted 12 years ,now I have 2 x270 amp hr, AGM ,500 watts panel ,1000watt inverter, works well for me, Just installed new 190 litre BUSHMAN fridge freezer, Works perfect, 4.5 amps , Less power then my old one 6 amps, Enjoy trip to England, Cheers Bevan 🤠🦘🦘🇦🇺

Enjoy your time in UK, enjoy.

wow that's a massive digitcals inverter charger unit ! good price ! very cool 🛻📹😎🤙

Thanks Jack that was great to see how you achieved "Off Grid" status and running appliances that were important to you, hope you have a good trip to England, enjoy Cheers Darrel 👍

Great video well explained ... enjoy your trip to the UK

Thanks Jack,interesting vid,enjoy your Holidays.Thanks mate👍🏾✈

Nice one with the set up. None can knock you for saving some money and get it done yourself. Times are hard and victron although awesome crazy pricing for 12v gear. Be interested to know if your sparky wired a neutral earth bond into the RCD protection for your safety.. I have mostly renogy to go myself but with these inverted being centre tapped ,enerdrive or victron maybe a better option.

Have a great trip . Have a fantastic Christmas

Enjoy your UK trip guy's.

Thanks Jack, good bit of info in this video. Enjoy your trip to the UK and beyond. Heading over there next year, so it would be if you can fit in a few vids while you are over there, if not have a great break. Cheers Darryn.

Wishing yous a happy holiday👍🍻🍻

Could you have mounted your stuff in an outside compartment? Seems the noise of the fan would be annoying, but really a pretty neat job on install.

Where is the solar panel??? I don't think I saw it mentioned. LOVE the caravan BTW and the video

Short video.... 16mins! ;)

You won't need the air con in the UK MATE

Hi jack interesting video could i ask how much the sparky charged to alter the 240 wiring thanks Ron

How well has your Renogy inverter held up? I tried a 12 to 120 volt 3,000 watt. Dead out of the box, very disappointing to say the least. I see a lot of renogy out there so going to try again

Biggest issue with solar on a car or caravan roof is the angle. Seeing as it's laying flat you will get a 50-60% drop in power and efficiency..so say the 250w just alone on an angle would get 18a but running both your getting 15a mainly because the 250 would end up being 130w and 120w be about 60w..that's why it's always handy for caravan ppl to have atleast 1 portable solar blanket. My solar blanket is 300w 70v so laying flat I only get max 180w 69v but on angle I've hit 320w 73v..which that panel max into battery gets 25a..my roof solar which is on rooftop tent on my camper trailer is 3x200w custom made perc shingle in series with antishade devices..max I get from them is 70a and around min 55a..got a enerdrive dcdc with the cable thickness to get 50a.i do all the wiring as I've done electrical engineering stuff since I was 12. And I just get a electrician friend to certify it..also custom made 2x 330a lithium batteries with 250a bms and stainless steel case which makes it fire safe and explosion safe though I made the copper bus bars myself and used 330a rated 50mm2 cable inside from bms to terminals and have 300a rated terminals..might seem overkill but I'm a geek and if I buy anything I want it to do the max it can do and be able to offgrid no matter the weather for as long as needed..

They say it's best to have a solar controller for each panel for maximum efficiency... Food for thought