Planning ahead for longer trips and hopefully more off-grid trips, I have added a second solar cell panel to complement the original. I’ve add a 100W panel from Sunsolar as the space on the roof was limited. This was a narrow long panel which I could install across the width of the van roof.

I now have 150W and 100W panels connected in series and controlled by a Victron Smart Solar 30A MPPT controller. After watching a video from Victron on YouTube I decided the best set up was two panels in series. I do love the Bluetooth connectivity of this controller.

The 250W solar capacity should help charge the twin 110Ah batteries I added recently. The next job is to wire these up. Then remove the original single leisure battery – and fit this to the Caddy conversion we are working on for Duncan.

I ran out of white Sikaflex during the installation so with limited time to complete the task I reverted to using black Sikaflex. It doesn’t look so nice on a white roof though.