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Please critique my solar and house battery plan!

My current setup does just fine to power a 12v fridge, starlink mini and to charge phone, laptop and other small electronics. But with the recent addition of an electric motorcycle with a 3.9kWh battery and 800 watt charger, I find myself wanting more solar and battery to avoid having to haul around a generator. (My van's onboard inverter van only export 400 watts.)

I should be able to fit 2,400 watts of solar on the roof and will likely feed this into a 5kWh Pecron F5000LFP Portable Power Station or similar. I like that the Pecron can export both 120V and 240V and can handle up to 6,400 watts of solar over dual charge controllers.

If I were boondocking someplace sunny for a week, and I hung additional panels from the south facing side of the van as well as on the ground, I could theoretically AC charge my EV's battery with this setup. Please let me know if I'm overlooking anything and happy trails!

u/SalesMountaineer — 6 hours ago

Current minimal solar setup (1kWh Jackery 1000 + 200 watts solar) vs. future 160 sq ft van roof solar and 5kWh house battery.

The current setup does just fine to power a 12v fridge, starlink mini and to charge phone, laptop and other small electronics. But with the recent addition of an electric motorcycle with a 3.9kWh battery and 800 watt charger I find myself wanting more solar and battery to avoid having to haul around a generator.

I should be able to fit 2,400 watts of solar on the roof and will likely feed this into a 5kWh Pecron F5000LFP Portable Power Station or similar. I like that the Pecron can export both 120V and 240V and can handle up to 6,400 watts of solar over dual charge controllers.

If I were boondocking someplace sunny for a week, and I hung additional panels from the south facing side of the van as well as on the ground, I could theoretically AC charge my EV's battery with this setup. Please let me know if I'm overlooking anything!

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