At minimum you have the solar panels themselves and a collection of batteries often known as a battery bank that provides power directly to all of your rv s 12 volt dc.
Solar air conditioner for rv.
In today s video we re going to make it very clear that you can power an air conditioner off of solar power.
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In most cases the ac will only consume around five amps of dc which can be operated for up to ten hours for only 50.
To generate the stored electricity needed to run our rv air conditioner all day you d need over 340 square feet of solar panels ish plus 3600 amp hours of battery capacity and guaranteed perfect sunshine.
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You can just drop it over the roof vent hook up the power and enjoy the cool air in your rv.
This implies that a generator is not required to operate the air conditioner and hook ups aren t important.
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To size these solar components for regular air conditioning i determined how many amps my 13 500 btu rv air conditioner drew during operation.
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The off grid rv air conditioner will best work when operated on 12 volt dc energy source.
Once the air conditioner was turned on the amperage draw quickly climbed up over to 150 amps.
It takes a minimum of 750 watts to do it and 10.
Thus as a practical matter the vast majority of rv owners will never be able to set up their rv in a way that solar could power an ac unit.
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Off grid rv air conditioner.
To understand how solar panels can work for an rv air conditioner or other appliances we have to first understand the various parts of a proper solar installation.
While it is technically possible to power an rv air conditioner with solar panels to generate enough power a large amount of solar panels and upgrades to the electrical system would be required.
We re simply sharing our experiences and i ve done my best to explain our test results and i hope the information below makes sense.
Please remember we re not rv solar or air conditioner professionals.