Toyota Coaster Bus Conversion - Solar Panel Installation
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Toyota Coaster School Bus Conversion - Before installing our Solar Panels we painted a thermoprotective paint on called Thermoshield. We then install our 3x 305w QCell Solar Panels.
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Hi you mentioned Steve electrician who put a system together
Hi Jean-Marc, yes Steve Langshore was great! He put our system together for the Coaster, and we were so happy with all his help and advice that we got him to do the system in our new Mercedes Vario as well. His company is Langshore Power in QLD, but he can post the systems Australia wide (we are in NSW). Hope that helps!
Just Watched all of your videos They were awesome you and your wife is doing a great job keep it up....More Love From Pakistan.....Will be happy to host you guys if you plan a world tour on this bus.Waiting for your next video
Thanks Mian glad you are enjoying them. And we do plan on going overseas at some stage, hopefully after we explore Australia. And thanks for the offer! Next video should hopefully be up in the next week or so 😊
I did the thermsheid , I also put it on the rear window and the side rear windows that are around ow bed , we have a reversing cam , I’m about to order more and more clear coat , I put my panels a bit higher then yours so that have better cooling, the cooler the better the panels work , it has no rust preventing property, I’m pissed that I did not white night pant it first with white night rust guard paint . Available at Bunnings or red cote, a roof vent over ow bed with a built in fan keeps the bus a lovable temperature...
If you want more it must work pretty well! We bought block out curtains for every window and got a big roll of foil sun shade stuff and cut it for each window.
I wasn't sure how high above the roof to put them, was concerned too much of a gap might create too much lift and peel them off! But our brackets were ready made solar brackets from jaycar so was easy.
Interesting idea about rust proofing the roof first. Not something we thought of either. We sanded and sprayed anywhere a bit of rust already was but that would have helped.
Hi Nice coaster how much is the solar system including installation and do you also run 240 or just the solar system.
Do you think a wind deflector for your panels is warranted. Just curious about wind noise. Cheers
Hi Richard, there was a little bit of noise from the wind on the panels but we just got used to it and it wasn't a bother, mainly higher speeds. However the panels do need air flow under them to keep them cool, so if you were to put a wind deflector on, just keep this in mind. Thanks!
It’s taken a long time to get to here. I’ll need a holiday away from the motor home. 🤔
Haha it was longer for us! Hopefully our travel videos will be enough of a holiday for you 😜
Hi, really love your videos, question, do you need electrician to install solar to the motorhome 12v system or can I do it? does it need to be certified?
Hi Frank, no in Australia you are allowed to do the 12V yourself. Both 12v and 24v is considered low voltage. It is if you have any 240v that needs to be installed by a qualified electrician and certified.
At least in Australia where we are anyways, not sure in other countries.
Hope that helps!
I think you will find that in Australia, anything over 60 volts needs to be done by an electrician. Looking at your solar panels, these appear to be over 60V. Most people don't know this and do it themselves, but as long as your careful you should be ok.
What do you mean by sanding the roof?
Hi, before applying the Thermoshield paint, the instructions say to give the surface a light sand. This is to rough up the surface a little so that the paint sticks better.
Thanks!
The problem with series is that if even a quarter of 1 panel gets covered by a tree etc you lose the whole lot and it stops charging
I originally wanted it in parallel for that reason, but was advised series would be better with those panels and having a 24v battery system.
In reality it hasn't been that bad. I believe the way it works is if one has some shade, the other panels drop their output to match the lowest. So you are losing more output, but it's not all or nothing.
Did you remove the AC vents above to windows were you are running the solar cables?
Yep! We removed all of the AC vents along the sides of the bus. We covered the area where they were with 3mm plywood, which is what the solar cable runs behind.
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Nice, I'm considering buying a 1993 Coaster and shipping it here to the US. They look like the perfect Off the Grid RV.
I used Lbracket ..from bunnies
I’ve driven at 110 Kph four six years and there still there...
That's awesome, hoping ours will last that long too!
I would have turned my solar panels long ways. it wouldn't be hanging over the sides
We wanted to as it would have looked a lot nicer! But the panels were too long to fit 3 panels across the bus with the two vents that we had to navigate. They are 1670mm long each.