Shuttle Bus Off-Grid Solar - Easy Guide Ac + Dc Electric System

In This Video: Shuttle Bus Off-Grid Solar - Easy Guide Ac + Dc Electric System #shuttlebus #busconversion #bustravel
This was the TOUGHEST part of our bus build so we wanted to share what we've learned with others in the same position.
In this episode, we go through our electric system step-by-step. We will talk about every component with details such as wire sizing, how we wired everything, solar panels, batteries, inverter, busbars, where and why we fused the system, master switch, and more.
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We worked hard for a solid year before leaving our jobs and home in Australia and traveling for one year in the US and Central America first in our self-converted shuttle bus and then in our renovated truck camper.
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Questa è stata la parte PIÙ DIFFICILE della costruzione del nostro autobus, quindi volevamo condividere ciò che abbiamo imparato con altri nella stessa posizione.
In questo episodio esaminiamo il nostro sistema elettrico passo dopo passo. Parleremo di ogni componente con dettagli come il dimensionamento dei cavi, come abbiamo cablato tutto, pannelli solari, batterie, inverter, sbarre, dove e perché abbiamo fuso il sistema, l'interruttore principale e altro ancora.
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[@274Brian]

Work till you're frustrated, then come back later... LOL I wish I had learned that lesson MUCH earlier in life! Well done guys!! 3000 watts, wow, at first I was like OMG WHAT do you need that for... Then you said water heater and I was like, OOHHHH that. Very good explanation of the system! Great choice, going with Renogy, specifically the MPPT charge controller. It helps with efficiency to give you a little more power than PWM. Very good video! Thank you for sharing! Love to see it!

[@gypseasontheroad]

Thank you Brian it nice to hear positive feedback😉 yeah we decided to get a 3000 only for the water heater and the AC fridge. Otherwise we would have gone smaller.

[@lolakauai]

What did this cost?

[@ourvanlives4736]

You need to move your cables on your batteries. In your drawing of your batteries you are pulling off both the positive and negative off of the same battery. One or the other needs to be moved to the 2nd battery. Because as you have it drawn you are not utilizing the full potential of the batteries. You are actually only using one battery and the other one is just sitting there. Proper parallel battery is red on one battery and negative to the negative of the other battery so that you have 200 ah available.

[@gypseasontheroad]

Oh really? 😅 We didn’t know that!! Thank your for the tip, definitely we’ll do that in our next build