Bottom line...you can never have enough solar. I have 450 watts and in the winter I have to carry a Honda EU2200i generator for those times the sun is playing hide and seek. And yes, I can charge my batteries off of my engine but running the diesel engine for two hours is terribly annoying and wasteful, thus the Honda.

I put 2x200w mounted flat to a roof rack - feeding into my Bluetti solar power generator. But we are weekend users so this solution provides all the power we need unless we need to run our portable AC unit in the hot summer months to keep the 6 dogs that travel with us safe. In that case I can power both the AC unit and augment the solar charging of the Bluetti with a small Predator gas generator feeding a 30Amp shore power connection.

I use two 150 Watt , thin, flat marine panels on my W907 sprinter 144wb. This 300 Watt solar power support my 2Kw Li Battery well. I use only a webasto heater, a small ice box, a micro wave, sometimes a water heater and a toaster. I get additional power over the alternator and a small 800 W gas generator when needed, that sits in the engine conp. The panels are low profile, aerodynamic and the do well on higher highway ( here in germany) autobahn speed 😊

I roll with 600 watts mono, 60 amps MPPT controller. 400 amp hours LiFePo 4 storage.👍

I am installing 800 watt solar to my truck camper with 2 100 ah lithium iron batteries. Still learning this "stuff". I am running 400 now but just today bought 4 more 100 watt mono panels. I have starlink which is notoriously power hungry and my wife and I want to sell everything and go totally off grid... We are in Alberta and plan on winters in the southern states... BTW I subscribed to your channel!

im thinking of having at least 2 independent solar power systmes wired up in my van so anything that MUST be powered 24/7 i want on one sustainable loop.

I use a 7watt thunderbolt panel with a 45watt nature power solar controller with a single truck battery. I can get up to about 26/28 volts of power @ 12amps.

This has been my takeaway as well. We originally built our van with 200w solar, and it was definitely not enough. We are filmmakers, and like you guys, are on our computers for work all day and have heavy battery charging needs. We're upgrading our 144 '07 Sprinter from 2x 100w panels to four Renogy 175w panels now, and will probably have around 13KW of battery storage. Hopefully it'll be enough haha!

I run a single 390w panel into a 12v 200Ah LiPo4 battery. Back up are 2x100w side out panels on 60ft of extension lead

Next build is a dual system for redundancy: 2x550w panels, one on a slide 4x12v, 200aH LiPo4 batteries for the 48v system 2x solar controllers 2x synchronized 3000w inverters All to run a hair dryer, microwave, fridge and LED lighting 😅😅

I run 200 watts on my Odyssey with 210 watts portable. I keep a 50, 20, 18 Ah Lifepo4 batteries, and a small Bluetti. Runs my fans, lights, and fridge.

4x200 watt panels - 2x100watt panels - (2X200watt portable solar panels) 600whr lithium battery bank. Plan for parking in tree lined camping spots. Whereas the roof has shade.

was hoping to hear more about different brands and setups of lithium ion batteries. do you have a video on this?

380 here on flat panels (Promaster). I’ve got 600ah of lithium. If money was no object, I’d double that. I’ve got room for over 1,200 kWh. The “game changer” for me was the installation of a second under hood alternator. My 600ah of lithium are always fully charged at arrival. I converted all appliances and AC to 12 volt. With the power stroke of the V-6, the second alternator will charge at idle.. this was the game changer for me. I’m just not sure upgrading/expanding my solar would make a ton of sense. But I haven’t ruled it out. Oh… almost forgot… I haven’t plugged in for over a year. But I still dream of massive lithium storage. A man can dream, right?

Would being able to tilt a 300W panel to face the sun, particularly during winter, low sun azimuth and intensity periods, keep you at 300W year round?

I seen some panels with 1000w in one panel so you don't need a lot space i don't think but you do need to have the money as those would be more expensive

Electric cook pot, laptop, ac, fridge, phone, small 7w fan. 600w about covers it. Having a battery to soak up the unused electricity for rainy/cloudy days is great 800watts is overly perfect.

800w? That's it? If there's less sun, you need MORE panels if you're off grid. I would more than double that on the bus --you have the roof space. Rack 'em up to expand and you're solid! While you've got a football field of space up there, why not try a wind turbine?

Anyone seen solar panels that can tilt both ways?

Living with a total of 600W (3 x 200W) 😊

Cant find your other channel

The perfect amount of solar is as much as you can fit. My van has 1,200 watts of solar panels

Just use alternator to charge

400W (2 x 200W)

450 bendable solar panel but still not enough

Buy a power bank instead of solar because you’ll never have enough power with solar.