Hi All,
thinking aloud here ...
My 2013 Ford Connect van can hardly do 65miles per charge, not useful at all.
Being a van I have fair bit of space on the roof and bonnet/hood, I can make a good 5 Sq Meters.
Solar cells are cheap and fairly efficient these days, I have access to a lamination machine where I can build various DIY flexible solar panels, large one for top of the roof and a small one for the bonnet/hood,
my estimate I can get over 1000W every hour (weather permitting),
That should give me at least a couple of miles drive and hopefully charge the vehicle when stationary,
My plan is to "splice" the solar kit via a DC-DC inverter DIRECTLY to the HV cable connecting the battery pack to the front of the vehicle,
The inverter will need to be intelligent enough to supply constant voltage matching that of the battery pack, ie the feed from the inverter will/should appear as a pack "on parallel" to the battery pack,
what do you - guys thinks about this idea?
thinking aloud here ...
My 2013 Ford Connect van can hardly do 65miles per charge, not useful at all.
Being a van I have fair bit of space on the roof and bonnet/hood, I can make a good 5 Sq Meters.
Solar cells are cheap and fairly efficient these days, I have access to a lamination machine where I can build various DIY flexible solar panels, large one for top of the roof and a small one for the bonnet/hood,
my estimate I can get over 1000W every hour (weather permitting),
That should give me at least a couple of miles drive and hopefully charge the vehicle when stationary,
My plan is to "splice" the solar kit via a DC-DC inverter DIRECTLY to the HV cable connecting the battery pack to the front of the vehicle,
The inverter will need to be intelligent enough to supply constant voltage matching that of the battery pack, ie the feed from the inverter will/should appear as a pack "on parallel" to the battery pack,
what do you - guys thinks about this idea?