A c for solar powered van dwelling.
Solar powered van ac.
The battery bank is required to be signifcantly larger in capacity without sunshine.
Deciding to buy a solar powered air conditioner.
I thought i d do a post today because i ve been able to run a few real world experiments with my tiny house and solar powered ac.
Solar is a great van power option if you plan to be off the grid often and want to be able to sustain your day to day without needing to fuel up a generator or plug in.
The three primary ways of getting power in a van are solar power a generator and plugging into shore power.
Opting for a solar power system is a more eco friendly.
I selected this air conditioner because it was listed as using about 700 watts and it seemed to be sufficient to cool a well insulated van.
One of the reasons i have such a huge solar array 945 watts and a huge battery bank 780 amphours is so i can run an air conditioner.
I haven t seen any experienced reporting on the topic of running air conditioning on solar power so i figured it would be helpful for you all to hear what i did.
I have the hprb08xcm model.
The air conditioner is powered by 110 volts ac and cab be run off of battery power through the inverter for a period of about 6 8 hours 12 16 hours with optional two extra batteries before recharging is required by either idling the engine or plugging in.
I went with a portable air conditioner called the haier 8 000 btu portable air conditioner.