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You have questions.
What size wire? # of solar panels? DC to DC converter?
Which inverter? Size of the wire?
Amperage of the cable? What size fuse?

In this video, I walk you through the process.
Get a pen and pad out or a word doc and follow along.

Step 1: do the energy audit of your needs.
List appliances. How long do they run?
How much power in amps?
At what voltage?
How much power at one time do you need?

Step 2: then you'll have your total watt-hours (or kWhours)
Then you can start to figure out what size solar panels you need in watts. It will vary from the location you're at on the planet. The needs of someone in Alaska are different from Costa Rica.
Solar panels are mounted flat. Know that you will get 4+- hours of sun per day in sunny climates to help keep your batteries charged.

Step 3: based upon the solar panel sizes, you can select your charge controller. Over design if you can to provide flexibility in the future.

Step 4: think about your storage needs.
How many days do you need power for, if there is no sun?

In my example, I have 800 watts of solar and 412aH of storage.
It is a 2 to 1 ratio, but this doesn't tell the whole story as we don't always know lifestyle and adding loads over time, but a good start.

The DC to DC charger will help keep the batteries topped off while driving.

Finally, the option to add more storage provides flexibility into the future.

Let me know if you have questions.

Ciao for now!

Keith