Ford Transit Connect Van Solar Panel Setup

Laura shane spent two years converting their ford transit 250 into an adventuremobile.

Ford transit connect van solar panel setup. Solar cable glands bridge the gap between the roof and the interior of your van. I used three evenly spaced m8 bolts washers and nuts to attach the two panels together in the middle two bolts for each side of each panel to attach the panel to the z bar and two bolts for each panel to attach the z bar to the mighty mounts. They learned about insulating their walls installing a sink and floors and decorating their tiny space. It has a wifi hotspot backup camera sync 3 bluetooth fordpass remote start features and all the stuff you d find on a normal transit connect.

Now they ve just wrapped up their latest project setting up two solar panels on their van s roof. 198 each ctrl mppt40 1 charge controller 40amp mmp 188 trcrmtr mt 5 1 mt 5 tracer meter for mppt charge controller 36 ak 20ft 10 1 wiring connectors 20ft mc adaptor kit awg 10 35 traycb 8ft 8 1 8ft wire copper tray cable awg 8 23 mtz zb 4 solar panel mounting z brackets set of 4 48 free shipping 1 122 00. The ford transit connect camper van conversion involves taking out everything in the back of the van and cramming in a tv dvd player microwave small cooler style refrigerator solar panels on the roof a roof mounted fan and under bed storage. We inserted the positive wire from the solar panels into the positive solar terminal on the charge controller then did the same with the negative wire.

I have your vehicle and im in florida i opted for foldable solar panels a 40 watt and a 27 watt i believe they brands were instaspark and king solar i also use a 10 watt solar trickle charger ecoworthy is the brand i mostly charge via a 12 volt male to male plug at 10 amps i only power a 35ah deep cycle and a 18ah jumpstarter so less than a hour and a half of drive to fully recharge the 35ah. I also try to explain my reasoning and methods used to determine how. First i assembled and drilled all the necessary holes into the panels and the z bar aluminum. With an adjustable tilt mount you can install solar panels with or without a z bracket.