Solar Panels on Trucks and Trailers

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  1. Dec 22, 2013 #71
    Jar-Head

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    There are lots of SOLAR TRUCKERS out there you see them pulling in the TA around 5 pm when the sun goes down . Lol

    i heard KR was putting the solar panels on his newest edition of the Signature Truck I think . And the concept is basically you can run a Heater / AC and possibly plug into your block heater via a inverter with the stored power from the Solar Strips
     
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  3. Dec 22, 2013 #72
    Jar-Head

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    What I haven't heard is the ROI time period or the initial costs , or I haven't seen them they may be posted I just haven't saw them .

    I would be be wondering the following :

    1. Weight
    2. Stability on a Translucent Roof or must they be put on a Solid roof
    3. ROI
     
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  4. Dec 26, 2013 #73
    wilfredbacon15

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    Sorry I only pressed the d in my keyboard. :) Okay thanks for that useful information.
     
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  5. Dec 26, 2013 #74
    Dice1

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    All finished with both groups of solar panels facing the south under full sun puts back over 15 amps per hour to the batteries.

    [​IMG]
     
    Dice1, Dec 26, 2013
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  7. Dec 27, 2013 #75
    D.Tibbitt

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    you can have ur solar.. ill wave when i pass u doing 110 . yee haw
     
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  8. Dec 27, 2013 #76
    Dice1

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    What a comedian.......except those are not truckers. They are remote controlled dispatcher controlled STEERING WHEEL HOLDERS and you can always tell the difference between a Truck Driver and a Steering Wheel Holder by the QUALCOMM unit on the back of the cab of the Steering Wheel Holder.
     
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  9. Dec 27, 2013 #77
    Markvfl

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    Got a good laugh outta that one!

    How many amps per hour does your 8000BTU unit consume?
     
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  10. Dec 27, 2013 #78
    Dice1

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    My estimate is around 53 amps per hour on the hottest days which would be less at night and cooler days.
     
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  11. Jan 2, 2014 #79
    Taildragon

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    I am making a delivery tomorrow to this company, they apparently make battery components and tools. I was snooping around on their website to see if they had more than one location and noticed that they have a downloadable PDF file of their catalog. I tried to download it and evidently I have a setting wrong on my computer because I couldn't get it download, but in the description they mention that they have a solar powered battery charger, I thought about this thread and wanted to see what they had, if anyone has any luck getting this to download let me know.

    http://www.nocousa.com/
     
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  12. Jan 3, 2014 #80
    ‘Olhand

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    Not gettin into the debate here--BUT--one question--how high is your cab and how high does that panel stick up?
    Looks like a problem to me--but camera angles are deceiving----
     
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