| Going on a RV trip for the weekend is a great way | | | | that kind of money. |
| to spend time together with the family. You'll get to | | | | Alternatively, you can make the solar kit for your RV |
| experience the joy of the open road and forget the | | | | via a Do It Yourself (DIY) approach. As a matter of |
| stress of your daily lives. | | | | fact, if you can read wiring diagram and solder two |
| In actual fact, the power required for an RV is not | | | | wires together, you will be able to build the solar |
| very high. Nonetheless, if you want to bring along | | | | system. |
| some of the comfort of home such as television, | | | | The key components of a homemade RV solar |
| computer, PlayStation, microwave oven etc, the load | | | | system are the solar panels, charge controller, |
| on the battery can be quite substantial. | | | | battery bank and power inverter. The solar panels |
| To meet the demand, some RV campsites have | | | | can be built by soldering 36 pieces of Photovoltaic |
| electrical connections that you can plug-in. However, | | | | (PV) cells together. |
| the cost of electricity can add up quite quickly if you | | | | The electric current generated by the panels will be |
| were to spend a couple of days or longer on the | | | | directed to the charge controller which will use it to |
| site. | | | | charge the deep cycle batteries. Since the batteries |
| There are RV solar panel kits available on the market | | | | can only stored Direct Current (DC), you will need |
| which you can buy and install on your vehicle. | | | | the power inverter to change the DC to Alternate |
| However, a 330 watt solar kit can cost upwards of | | | | Current (AC). |
| $2,700! Most RV owners would not want to spend | | | | |