Airstream Solar Panel System

We now have 500 watts of solar on top of our airstream five 100 watt solar panels.

Airstream solar panel system.

Never get caught with dead batteries again. Learn about the airstream basecamp exterior electric outlet exterior solar panel input port and location of the battery. Design a solar charging system utilizing a factory pre wire. We set up this system with expansion in mind so if they find that 400w isn t enough to offset their light dc loads they have the option of using a portable panel and or they could choose to install up to another.

Cut the cord to expensive daily shore power hook ups with the 12 volt solar charging system. Airstream utilizes zamp solar panels and a victron charge control and display. After much discussion we finally nailed down our system. We offer zamp airstream solar kits ranging in size from 90 watts to 360 watts that s up to 20 amps of charging power per hour.

Zamp solar s engineering team wants to solve your real world problems and increase the value of your product. We also had a 1000 watt pure sine inverter installed to electrify our. We understand the modern demands on manufacturing lines and take all aspects into consideration when designing solutions including installation time expandability. If your airstream trailer has one of the various solar pre wire options these can save a lot of time and money during an installation but due to the thin 8ga or 10ga cable you will be limited to about 300w of solar panels if this isn t enough skip down to section 3b.

Today zamp solar panels are used in all pre installed airstream solar packages. What s more with all 2019 airstream travel trailers leaving the jackson center ohio manufacturing facility with dedicated solar ready hookups zamp solar s wide array of rooftop and portable solar solutions make it easy for all airstreamers to harness the. This airstream came with a zamp portable solar panel plug which they wanted to be integrated into the solar system we installed. Connected through our solar charge controller these panels feed our new agm battery bank consisting of 440 ah of juice 220 usable.

Ensuring the panels are clean not partially shaded by trees or other interference will promote solar charging. While the basecamp is in storage make sure the battery disconnect switch is in the off position. Interested in the gear we use. In this episode we ll find out how many solar panels we can fit on our 23 foot airstream.