New solar panel article series announced!

I'm creating a solar panel class for RV technicians, so how about republishing it for RV owners

Future Solar Classes

Curious about how solar panels work? Would you like to know more about selecting, installing and troubleshooting solar panels on your RV? Well, you’re in luck.

I’ve been commissioned by PRVCA to create a Level-3 RV Technician course on solar panels for online classes the end of June, so I’ve decided to republish a consumer version of it starting next month.

Here’s the proposed syllabus

There will be some adjustments to the content over the next two months, but here’s what I’m starting with.

Solar Panel theory and selection

1. Solar Panels (rated in watts)

2. Solar Charge Controller (rated in amps and volts)

3. Battery Storage (rated in amp-hours)

4. AC Inverter (rated in watts, and type of AC power it produces)

Solar Panel Selection

• How many watt-hours of energy produced per day per 100-watts of solar panels

• What does this convert to in Amp-Hrs of battery capacity

• Flexible vs flat solar panel considerations

• Should they be wired in series or parallel

Charge Controllers

• Selection is based on number of series or parallel solar panels

• What is an MPPT controller?

• Can it charge a Lithium Battery?

• Can it overcharge a battery?

Battery Storage

• Lithium vs AGM vs Flooded Acid batteries

• Matching solar panel size to battery capacity

• How to calculated Amp-Hrs of storage a customer needs for boondocking

• Watt-hrs or amp-hrs of various RV appliances

Inverter Selection

• Hybrid vs Standard Inverters

• Pass-Thru vs Stand-Alone Inverters

• What size inverter (in watts) is needed to power an RV?

• Pure-Sine vs Modified-Sine Inverter considerations

Watch for it on my new Alt Energy Zone Blog…

Since this RVelectricity blog is already full of my daily RV electricity articles, I’ll be posting this Solar series on my new Alt Energy Zone blog. So please sign up for a free subscription below. It’s a weekly blog, so don’t worry about overloading yourself with too many articles.

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Let’s play safe out there - Mike