On my diy sprinter rv conversion i ve mounted a pair of grape solar 160w solar panels purchased from costco for us 230 each.
Solar info panel for sprinter.
I ll talk more about how to determine how much solar power to have in the next section.
The panel comes into a breaker switch this is so you can easily isolate the solar input from your electronic setup.
My solar panels are made by bend based zamp solar the same company that made the solar panels on my first sprinter van.
I wired the two 12v solar panels in series for a higher voltage and current output for example with two kyocera kd140sx solar panels around 36v and 15a of possible maximum power.
The panel is a canadian solar 300watt mono si perc.
You can now get 400 watt panels but these are larger area panels.
Make sure that this is easily accessible behind a panel that is removable otherwise you could make troubleshooting a nightmare.
Sprinter van conversion building out a van you have lots of different options when it comes to power.
The solar panels harness the power from the sun and then a wire runs to the batteries where the power is stored.
Using these components we are able to charge our 3 100 ah lifepo4 battle born batteries.
The mono si perc module has about the highest watts panel area.
Just a few years ago these panels would have cost us 500 each and only be available from specialty solar companies.