Connecting a Solar Suitcase

[jd1923]

20 hours ago, Lyn Hill said:

thanks for information! I'm the handyman here so I'll need to find one with a built in charge controller. The Renogy 400 watt suitcase is the one I've been looking at though. So all I should need is a Zamp plug polarity adapter and a 400 watt suitcase with a built in charge controller?

I do not know of a 400W suitcase with a built in SC. The built-in ones are usually 100W maybe 200W tops. When the SC is in the panels for a 12VDC system the output amperage is much higher. If you want a 25 FT extension cord 10 AWG may not be enough and a pair of 8 AWG cables that long would be very heavy and expensive. The 400W suitcase is only viable with an internal SC, IMHO.

We don't have any information to advise you properly, since you have no signature information re onboard solar, inverter, battery type and AH, travel location, etc. What works in sunny Arizona might not work as well in New England. Read the many great examples here to get ideas. Also, anybody local to you who can splice/crimp wire can install one following a documented example.

Edited October 7 by jd1923
Correction: I did not at first see hull info for author but on second look noticed all specifics when paged down below the USA travel map.

[MAX Burner]

We've got the Renogy 200W suitcase w/built in SC - works so well for our style of boondocking that the Honda EU2000i is no longer part of our standard pack-out kit.  We've also invested in another portable solar module with a sun tracking feature that we saw at the OTT Owner's Rally last MAY --- we're planning to perform an OPS Check on the "tracker" during our Q-site trip in JAN and will report thereafter....FYI

Edited October 16 by MAX Burner
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