Solar panel

Peter Henson
Peter Henson Forum Participant Posts: 12
edited July 2016 in New to Caravanning & Touring #1

I am new to caravaning, I bought a new lunar clubman s.I. with a solar panel, my question is do I leave the electric turned on when in storage for the solar panel to charge the battery? Thanks for any kind comment.

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  • Tirril
    Tirril Forum Participant Posts: 439 ✭
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    edited July 2016 #2

    Peter I am not familiar with the Lunar set up but being a new caravan I presume the panel has been fitted with a decent control charger which as the name implies actually regulates the amount of charge given to the battery. That being the case it would be
    best to leave it switched on as it will keep your battery topped up. That helps if you need to use a mover and also maintain any alarms etc drawing power.

  • roylovelock
    roylovelock Forum Participant Posts: 20
    edited July 2016 #3

    i think the op means leave the master on, in that case NO. the charger will be connected directly to your battery and charge it without the master being on. You dont want your electrics live when in storage.

  • ATDel
    ATDel Forum Participant Posts: 335
    edited July 2016 #4

    i think the op means leave the master on, in that case NO. the charger will be connected directly to your battery and charge it without the master being on. You dont want your electrics live when in storage.

    Correct, switch off the main switch, the solar will do its job with the switch off

     

    Kev

  • Simon100
    Simon100 Club Member Posts: 666 ✭
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    edited July 2016 #5

    I have a Delta TS with a solar panel. The panel is linked directly to the battery via a regulator so there is no need to leave the caravans electrics on. If you switch the power off at the control panel the solar panel will still charge the battery.

  • Iain McL
    Iain McL Forum Participant Posts: 16
    edited August 2016 #6

    As above. We have a solar panel on our Swift and its there to keep the battery topped up. No need to leave anything turned on. It's like a trickle charger to keep the battery happy. Not sure how it will perform in the darker months. 

  • crusader
    crusader Forum Participant Posts: 299
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    edited August 2016 #7

    Depends on the size of the solar panel if its over 75watt the Lunar control panel cant cope and it has to be connected to the battery mine is 150 roof mounted

    Paul

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