HK1837 wrote:I’m not sure it is worth tilting it on a vehicle as the vehicle can be oriented in any different direction. Plus with power output vs sun tracking you are actually better off following the sun across the day rather than tracking it across the seasons, at least in Sydney latitude. This is for a fixed install on a building or the ground though, whereas on a vehicle you never know where and how you can park. I just looked at mine 10min ago, parked on an across slope with the down slope towards the south so the panel is tilted away from the sun. It was putting out 58W at just after 11am on 7th August in Newcastle. That is about 4.0A out of the regulator at 13.8V. Unless it was titled so the panel was far closer to 90deg to the sun you wouldn’t get much more than that out of it, a few degrees of tilt would only be marginal gain, and then other times you’d tilt away from the sun if parked differently.
I’ll try and get some photos how I mounted mine.
I am with you there, Ill just mount flat, my Ute is a bit higher at the back and actually gives a bit of an angle.
ggreenie wrote:grunf wrote:HK1837 wrote:
Just use your redarc unit like you planned mate. Plug the unregulated solar panel straight into that. It has its own high quality solar regulator.
Yep, thanks for that. Thats one thing I like about the panel HK posted, no regulator so not paying for something to take off.
Hoping to install this coming weekend.
In regards to the trailer, is solar enough to keep the battery charged? Will only be running LED lights. Then I can have trailer completely separate from Vehicle wiring?