If connected incorrectly, solar regulators with current shunts can register twice your true solar input. Here’s why – and how you can to fix it.
Solar regulators with current shunts – how to fix misleading readings
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RV Solar
Solar input available for caravans – know what’s available and increase it too
Knowing the solar input available for caravans is vital, especially up north. This article shows how to know that available and increase it too.
Grid connect solar modules for RVs – here’s how you can use them
Using grid connect solar modules for RVs is readily done but needs an MPPT regulator. This article by Collyn Rivers explains how and why it is done.
How much solar input – here’s how to find out
Knowing how much solar input is coming in like measuring rainfall. It uses units called Peak Sun Hours instead of inches or millimetres. Here’s how and why.
Lithium batteries for caravans
Lithium batteries in caravans and motorhomes pack a lot of energy but need specialised knowledge to use safely and reliably. Here’s how and why – and how to install and use them.
How to tell caravan battery charge – energy monitoring explained
Knowing how to tell caravan battery charge is not easy. Get this wrong and good batteries are scrapped and bad ones retained. Here’s why, and how to tell.
Problems with stand-alone solar – much applies also to RVs
Problems with stand-alone solar include over-selling, vendor claims, poor installation etc. Here’s plain English answers to the most common questions.
Australian Battery Breakthrough
Gelion is in an exciting phase of its development program for battery systems. With their London-based counterparts, they are well advanced in planning their commercialisation and supply-chain strategies from initial prototypes all the way through to demonstrating commercial production capacity this year (2020).
Gelion’s small, low-cost battery cells can be used in flexible configurations, depending on the required applications. This could range from street lights, domestic use, commercial buildings and grid support.
Solar That Really Works! – sample chapter
On clear days around noon, up to 1000 watts of solar energy (enough to boil a kettle in about five minutes), is theoretically available on each square metre of much of the Earth’s surface. Commercially available solar modules (in 2020) convert only 20% or so of that energy into electricity. By using appropriate and efficient appliances, however, such solar can free recreational vehicles and cabins substantially or totally from mains, alternator or generator power.
RV Batteries
RV batteries store energy from your RV’s or tow vehicle’s alternator and solar modules and grid or generator power via a battery charger. This article explains all about the many types of battery now available.
Lithium battery safety in caravans – are they all the same?
Lithium battery safety in caravans is tainted by a fire-prone technology of differing kind. The LiFePO4s used in caravans are far safer – here’s why.
Solar That Really Works!
Solar That Really Works! fills a previously all but unexplored need. In one tightly written book, Collyn covers all that is needed to design and install rv solar electrical systems in anything from a tiny or campervan to a large fishing camp. It includes the...
Our solar equipped RVs – all proved a major success
We personally drove our solar equipped RVs some 130,000 km over most of Australia’s inland dirt tracks. Nothing failed in that distance (and 20 years).
Solar That Really Works!
Solar that Really Works! covers the design, installation and use of solar in cabins, camper trailers, caravans, fifth wheelers, campervans and motor homes.
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ISBN: 978-0-6483190-3-0
The Caravan & Motorhome Book
The Caravan & Motorhome Book covers every conceivable aspect of campervan and motorhome usage. If you own a camper van or motor home, you'll want this book.
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ISBN: 978-0-6483190-5-4.
How to Choose and Buy an RV
How to Choose and Buy an RV is the ultimate guide for those times when you want to, well, choose and buy an RV.
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ISBN: 978-0-6487945-5-4.
Solar That Really Works!
Solar that Really Works! covers the design, installation and use of solar in cabins, camper trailers, caravans, fifth wheelers, campervans and motor homes.
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Paperback version
The book retailers set their own prices which can vary substantially. We'll aim to keep a selection of the better prices above.
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