How to thrive on a non 240v site!

Out of interest regarding towing with this type of car, approval has to go through first (homologation) including the design and fitting of an appropriate tow bar. The chassis is aluminium and the car is part carbon fibre, part polycarbonate. The battery is much the same as a conventional engine in weight. The car should be capable of towing (we hope...)

Meanwhile our motorhome seems a bit heavy on the fuel now! It will be good to see new developments in this area. 

Since I am not the techie one in our family, I first have to get to grips with all these new concepts myself, but I'm getting there. 

Well, whatever the technology breakthroughs in the future, we will still have to transport food, clothes, and everything else we use in a modern society so I hope they can get pantecnicans running on batteries- if they do, us lot should have no difficulties! 

solar panel help looking at a 150wt solar panel the folding type like a suit case with the solar controller attached to the solar panel with alligator clips to attach to the battery question is i have a 50wt panel which the controller is in the caravan which i attach it to the battery with mc4 connectors could i use them at the same time making it a 200wt power

thanks in advance

Yes why not?

Croc clips aren't imho great for connecting to a battery I would be temped to make a permanent connection at the battery and get something like an Anderson plug to attach the panel even if it means moving the controller 150W panel is quite a big beast to handle

 

Check whether your existing controller has sufficient capacity to handle the extra panel. It will probably need upgrading.

Fair point Cyberyacht.

I was envisaging moving the controller from the panel inside of the van. For 200W of panel you need to have a 15amp controller.  I used a 10amp controller with a 135w panel for years without any issues. 

hi thanks for your advice the 150wt suit case panel has its own solar controller on the back of the solar panel and i have separate controller in the van for the 50wt panel which i connect with mc4 the anderson plug sounds a good idea so would i be able to use them at the same time?

Not sure hallagather but I can’t see a problem. However, a 150 w suitcase Panel should be adequate in most circumstances- mine is 135w roof mounted and that provides all we need. Yours can be directed at the sun all day long if you wanted too. Remember- Batteries in good condition are just as important as SPs. 

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Well, I have put the van down for winter and got her ready for a service. We had a fabulous summer visiting North Norfolk, Wales, Dorset, Lake District and then back to Wales. Then we took the van up to Scotland to visit a new arrival- Rita, my thirteenth Grandchild. Scotland saw me on EHU as we were inside a large agricultural shed! Just have to be careful about the waste overflowing! (It didn’t) It was nice to have but very little difference to non EHU caravanning. We still space heated and water heated by gas as we didn’t want to use their electricity unnecessarily. All in all another highly successful year off grid!!