| Owning an RV and taking it on a road trip is a great | | | | on your RV with a Do It Yourself (DIY) solar system. |
| way to spend quality time with your family. You'll get | | | | In actual fact, the system is quite simple. The main |
| to spend time together and see all the interesting | | | | components are the solar panels, charge controller, |
| places in the country. | | | | battery bank and power inverter. |
| An RV is just like your home on wheels but minus | | | | If you are able to read electrical diagram and solder |
| some of the electrical equipment you use every day. | | | | wires together, you can set up the solar system on |
| However, if you want to bring these appliances with | | | | your vehicle without much problem. Generally, the |
| you on the road, you can do so. But you will need to | | | | function of the solar panel is to collect the energy |
| prepare a power source for them in advance. | | | | from the sun and convert it into electricity. |
| Tapping into the RV main power source for | | | | The power from the panel will then be used by the |
| electricity will drain the batteries very fast. You | | | | charge controller to charge up the batteries. Since |
| wouldn't want to get stranded in the middle of | | | | deep cycle batteries can only store Direct Current |
| nowhere because your battery went dead. | | | | (DC), the power inverter will be used to convert the |
| There a many ways you can generate electricity on | | | | DC to Alternate Current (AC). |
| your RV. There are RV solar kits you can buy from | | | | Since most of the appliances you've brought from |
| the market. However, these kits can be quite | | | | home run on AC, you can now plug them into the |
| expensive. A 330 watt RV solar kit will cost you | | | | power inverter. When the RV is stationary, all you'll |
| about $2700! | | | | need to do is place the solar array outside and you'll |
| As a cheaper alternative, you can generate electricity | | | | have free energy from the sun. |