Airstream Solar Panel System

Learn about the airstream basecamp exterior electric outlet exterior solar panel input port and location of the battery.

Airstream solar panel system.

In this episode we ll find out how many solar panels we can fit on our 23 foot airstream. Zamp solar s engineering team wants to solve your real world problems and increase the value of your product. 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. After much discussion we finally nailed down our system.

Cut the cord to expensive daily shore power hook ups with the 12 volt solar charging system. We understand the modern demands on manufacturing lines and take all aspects into consideration when designing solutions including installation time expandability. Connected through our solar charge controller these panels feed our new agm battery bank consisting of 440 ah of juice 220 usable. Never get caught with dead batteries again.

Design a solar charging system utilizing a factory pre wire. These zamp airstream solar kits come complete with 3 port roof cap and are designed for easy installation and make adding more solar at a later time easier and more affordable. Otherwise here are our recommendatio. 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.

This airstream came with a zamp portable solar panel plug which they wanted to be integrated into the solar system we installed. Today zamp solar panels are used in all pre installed airstream solar packages. While the basecamp is in storage make sure the battery disconnect switch is in the off position. We now have 500 watts of solar on top of our airstream five 100 watt solar panels.

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. The sunexplorer charge control performs these basic functions. Ensuring the panels are clean not partially shaded by trees or other interference will promote solar charging. 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.