Installing an Off Grid Solar System For Your Camper Conversion

Installing an off grid solar system can be difficult but once you break it down into steps the process can be a lot less intimidating. In this video, I install a 400ah system utilizing victors components and lithium batteries.
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[@CMCrockett]

Man, Mike... I wish could afford Ivan and and drive away from my Groundhog Day life.

[@todddaly6551]

Man. I sure like how you installed your solar system. I’m not brave enough to even try it. I’ll be looking for someone to do mine in the ambulance.

[@SteampunkSteve]

It is so satisfying when you're done with a solar install and flick the first switch and the lights come on.

[@iamdragonetta]

I am totally obsessed with Ivan! If I had the money, I'd buy this bus from you TODAY! I have loved this bus since day one!🌷

[@grindz145]

So True, it doesn't take 6 months. Hahah. I love this build one of my all time favs! Congrats on finishing it

[@afaithfilledlife]

Thank you! I’m getting ready to do this on my skoolie and have almost the same setup as you do. This was so helpful!!

[@t.ellevee-vu8vz]

The electrical power supply set up & install is the most intimidation part of the bus build to me.

[@blumo0n032]

u and jeet always waiting/longing for each other..such a sweet friendship 🤗

[@lsavvy33]

Great work, Mike! So exciting to see Ivan at this stage! It’s been a fun journey to follow along and inspiring us to get our Bella Luna finished!!

[@navigationnowhere]

Thanks Linda ! It has been a fun project I hope we see Bella Luna finished !

[@dhletro]

This is literally the only channel I watch, even though I am no where near doing a build. (I don't have a TV, so this is a great watch) Having a van conversion company back in the 80s, this stuff is always interesting. Love the country festival music too. 😎

[@lrfox49]

I’ve seen other men have placed their electrics and it looks like yours so I figure they have watched you do this a million times! Lol

[@NickolasBrungardt]

Informative and fun to watch video, I enjoyed the technical aspects, and how you simply mapped out and guided us through how the system works. Always a fun Sunday with Mike! I am glad I got to see the latest progress on Ivan.

[@navigationnowhere]

Thanks, I hope it was fun to go through the steps of installing a system!

[@NickolasBrungardt]

@@navigationnowhere It was fun for me definitely. I think it is also smart of you to do a video like this, it shows off your experience and expertise for people who still are not a technical or confident person, that they may seek you out through Jessup Energy Solutions to do it for them. I might suggest is to Sponsor your own videos once in a while so you can get more people becoming aware of your business. Just me putting my Digital Marketer hat on. 😄

[@64maxpower]

Dude,you're good.

[@Yorky222]

Awesome wiring job.

[@navigationnowhere]

Thanks

[@devi-ana1234]

Love watching you build. Your explanations are clear, thoughtful and your builds are done so well.

[@nareshbalgobin8101]

Was nice seein star boi 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰Great job Mike yr awesome 💙💙💙💙💙

[@SmartBusN]

Ive been doing a build myself the solar goes in next week so excited! Only thing i kinda did different i wanted a server rack akso i was afraid to sleep in n the battries so my set uo is behind the drivers area but the bus is looking good. I only wish my KZbin vids were better your videos are way more comolex with angles and the edit.

[@SmartBusN]

Also im going with 48v for the big appliances 10kwh and secondary 12v system 600ah for my life line system as i call it fridge lights water pump water heater then im gonna divide up the 5 panels that will be in the bus 3 to 12v system 2 to the 12v system.

[@larrykelly2838]

Ye make it look easy.

[@orlymicholdampog8197]

Yaaaay❤

[@navigationnowhere]

It’s nice to finally be rid of the extension cords everywhere for lights. Haha

[@ernstdh]

Does all of those solar components to the battery create heat and if so, how do you dissipate the heat??

[@navigationnowhere]

There is an air vent in the rear of the compartment.

[@critterkarma]

🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞system!!! ✅

[@navigationnowhere]

Glad to have it up and running

[@afaithfilledlife]

Hey Mike, do you use connectors on the end of the stranded wire going in to the various Victron equipment and if so, which ones (other than the lugs?)??

[@timothynaquin8899]

Are you planning on adding an exhaust fan or cooling fans for the solar electrical system seeing that it will be in an enclosed space under the bed?

[@lrfox49]

When we gonna see hertz bus?

[@rajanikumari3672]

Is the ambient airflow in the battery/solar/electrical compartment enough with the inverter running a heavy load, or should there be extra ventilation/supplemental fans?

[@rajanikumari3672]

I saw in another comment there is a vent. I mean above that existing vent if more air is needed for really heavy loads?

[@cycleoflife7331]

Where do get the waterproof gland

[@ritabroils6190]

Mike: Do you know anybody in the Greater Cincinnati area who can install a system, max fan and alternator charging?

[@terrybrown5883]

Is The wire UV protected for the solar

[@teddyapproved]

I’m curious, how do you keep the system from draining the bus batteries as you use power from the solar batteries? I had a small system set up kinda like this just not as advanced but it kept pulling from the bus batteries and made them go dead and then I couldn’t start the bus.

[@colleencannon3382]

Hey Mike, interested in Ivan having trouble getting in touch with you, can you give me advice how to do that.

[@user-if2hd2es9e]

What gauge wires are used from battery to lynx

[@navigationnowhere]

4/0

[@pault1964]

I wonder in the future as solar chargers are getting better get Eco Flow for us idiots without the knowledge

[@davidchantry7094]

Good Christmas eve morning to all the DIY solar people. I'm trying to upgrade my solar electic system in my camper trailer I have just about all new parts like six new flexable (300watt) panels and two (100watt) older panels and a new Mppt 100-120 charge controller with bluetooth also my four batteries are hooked up in parallel and my solar panels are being hooked up in series to my charge controller so far I have with the six fexable panels I have just about 110 volts dc nothing is hooked up yet I'm trying to work on this upgade project as the weather allows. Is there any one in or around the Scranton pa area that does camper solar systems becouse solar house contactors don't want any think to do with my camper I could really use the help and I will be greatfull and pay for it.

[@davidowen888]

Long time ago

[@jameswynd3713]

Ok… So how does someone right handed do it?!

[@critterkarma]

Mike, in real time, what’s left to be done on IVan, or are you actually finished?

[@navigationnowhere]

Shower area is finishing this week, heater and touch ups.

[@critterkarma]

@@navigationnowhere well done! Then it’s Miller Time! 😺🫶

[@navigationnowhere]

We need dale for that

[@colleencannon3382]

Can anybody tell me how to send an email to Michael, I'm interested in his bus. Thanks Grandma Colleen

[@navigationnowhere]

Hey, you can send me an email @ michaelfuehrer@navigationnowhere. com

[@scottkniess2168]

I'm a carpenter/ woodbutcher. Like your video but AC/DC is a rock band and a mppttthingamajig doesn't ring a bell. Think I need to take a electrical class to know what your talking about.😂😂😂

[@chrlsraines]

When you say “b & b 712”, but DON’T tell us what that IS and what it DOES… kinda defeats the instructional value of the video. It didn’t have to be a 10 min explanation but a simple this is what it IS and this is what it DOES for all of us still trying to learn what components we may need for our setup.