Harley Trailer Turned POWER STATION - Complete Solar DIY Project!!!
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My name is Eric and I travel with my cats, “Tara” & “Opie” in a 24ft 2001 Ford Tioga RV named “Freeda” and tow either a 2014 Smart Car named “Tater Tot” or my 2012 Harley Softail Slim named “Black Betty” in a 6x10 trailer. We travel about 35 miles a day chasing 70 degrees year-round since 2010.
Here is my gear & some popular questions answered:
Gear: (UPDATED 2023)
*Main Camera: Sony A7 IV With 20mm 1.8F Lens
*Stealth Camera: GoPro 10 With Mod Box, and Volta Grip
*Backup Camera: Sony ZV-1
*Vlog Lens: 12-60mm Kit lens
*Stabilizer: Zhiyun Crane 2 (For B-Roll)
*Audio: (On Camera) Rode VideoMic Pro+ With Rycote VMP+ Deadcat
*GoPro 9 Black for water/action shots, rainy days & Timewarps, Timelapses, & Starlapses
*GoPro Hero 7 Black with Purple Panda Lavalier Lapel mic for Driving Narration
*GoPro Hero 8 Black for driving shots out the front window.
Time Lapses: 2 second intervals. Sped up 1200x, cropped 4K down to 1080 for panning
Night Lapses: Manual settings: 800 ISO, 30 second Shutter, 3000K WB, Protune On
Slow Motion: Shot 1080p 240fps. Reduced to 8% in Post Production
Additional Audio: Sony ICD-PX333
Editing Laptop: 2019 16” MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 8-Core i9 ~ 64GB Ram ~ 2TB SSD
Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Editing Encoder: Adobe Encoder - Presets: MP4 VBR H.264 16mbps
Aerial Drone Shots: DJI Mavic2 Shot in 2.7K Downscaled to 1080p
RV MPG: 7-8mpg depending on generator use.
Solar: 1280 Watts (320x4) Rec N-Peak Monocrystalline 120 cell panels on roof.
Charge Controller: Victron MPPT 150/85-TR
Inverter/Charger: Victron 3000 watt MultiPlus
Batteries: Battle Born Lithium 100ah x 5 = 500 amp hours.
Mobile Wifi: Starlink Roam
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Always better to connect the battery before you connect the collectors, that way there is somewhere for the electricity to go when they start producing.
An easy way to keep an eye on those nuts, to make sure they’re not backing off, is to make them as tight as you want, then use a marker and draw a straight line on the nut and down the bolt. If the line is ever not lined up as you marked it, the nut has moved.
Smart idea! And easy to monitor!
@@nomadicfanatic or some Locktite... cuz you Did it WRONG ! LMFAO ! Safe Travels my friend !
@@i70show Locktite along with nyloc nuts would be a good choice also but as stated, a good witness mark will work.
You should be proud
Or use lock washers.
Great install. I'm a bit jealous. The only thing, I would have mounted the 100 amp fuse in a more protected spot, rather than right there on top. Thanks for the video. Jon
I would highly suggest using lock tight or locking washers or thread locking bolt as a trailer will vibrate losing any bolts
Just bought the same size to tow with my bus! I can tow around my Harley. I love the solar idea, I’m on it!
Good morning Eric. Nice install. At van builds, installers installed breakers on the red cables between the solar panel and the charge controller, and, one between the battery and the inverter for safety. Awsom battery.
Looks good, great video! You should consider putting a switch between panels and controller. Pretty sure damage can occur by wiring controller to panels before wiring to battery.
Nice clean install.
I'm really happy that youre doing a lot of homestead videos, I like the mix up of traveling and homesteading.
Nice addition to the trailer. Always nice to have extra power available while on the road. I would suggest that you move that fuse block in behind / under the counter top so the positive terminal isnt exposed. It also looks like you had enough room where the battery is to mount it all under there which would provide more protection from any cargo you may be hauling in the trailer.
I always connect the battery to the charge controller before connecting to Solar Panels.
Looks great on the install. If you’re happy, that’s all that counts. One of your good habits we often see is if something isn’t quite right, you eventually get to it and modify. Happy travels with new extra power!
Eric, you did great. You did this project on your own and with confidence. Thanks for sharing.
One thing you have to say about you Eric, the grass never grows under your feet, you are always doing something to add and improve to your Life!!
Eric, I built my own solar system for my RV. We put 820w on the roof, with 400ah LiTime batteries. We love it. Easy install, and lots and lots of power. Saved myself almost $10,000.00, just in labor. I. knew you could do it.
Eric, if the lettering on the inverter cover bother you, it is probably a reversible cover that you can take off and turn around.
Accomplishment = NATURAL high. The video is worth the time.
I got one solar panel when we thought the world would stop turning in 2000,
it's still in the basement along with all the other junk I accumulate, panic buying.
If I lived in a state with sun, your setup, I would try.
Hair dyers are for many uses, I used mine to warm up my shoes.
That crush rock is a good backscratcher, says Opie.
Just thought I would mention the reason for the amp/hour rating is the larger that rating the longer that charge will last. Yes, wattage is important to. Safe travels my friend.
You should have used Loctite threadlocker to keep the bolts from vibration loose as you travel down the road.
🟠 Eric, build came out awesome! It hard to see n the vid, but if you didn't apply, that Dicor has to go around the back of the bracket also. Water may very well intrude in from open area behind the bracket. Maybe you can use some sort of flexible tubing to attach to the caulk-tube to get in there. Or get a separate syringe and add some sort of flex tubing to the syringe.
WooHoo! Love your warning... 'don't do what I do'. And love your cars hanging in the trailer. I will be coming back to this video when I am ready to do solar. Thanks
Nice install. That solar is going to come in handy. Good prices. Tatoo looking good. Opie, too cute. 🙂👍
Cover your fuse block.
Pretty cool (Portable) Power Station!
“Taterland” LMAO😂,
“Trolls” will love it😂
Do what you want with your life! No one is perfect! It is your life live it. I love following your channel no matter what other say.
I'd put some kind of cover over the terminals on that 100 amp fuse. Last thing you want is something shifting in the trailer while your traveling and shorting against those terminals. Might cause a fire and lose everything in the trailer, bike included.
I left it bare in case I get tired and feel like turning in early... Just lean back and... BAM! I'm awake! I kid. Don't do what I do... bla bla bla...
Looks good. You've come a long ways since your first videos. You're doing you own installs. Proud of you!🤗
Hey man, pretty nice install... But aside from order of connections... you should have put the dicore UNDER the Z bracket around the bolt and then tightened it up. The inside of the Z bracket under the panel that isn't sealed will leak. The other option would have been a rubber gasket that gets smashed between the bracket and roof.
I say this as i have put on some solar panels. I have had to peel up and reseal the leak.
A good ideal is focus on buying one of other lots on both sides of Taterland. Buying one of the other two lots allows you to develop a center where you and your friends can socialize. Also, the center will allow you to build a chicken coop.
Great video brother. Yeah solar, wiring and the setup can be a bit intimidating, but I plan to do the same on a box trailer camper.
Have you thought about parking Tater Tot underneath your solar panels for the winter ? Great project completed !Thanks for sharing !
Vice grip pliers work great for that too. Very smart to use the block of wood to protect the panel when drilling the edge...lost count of how many I've seen ruined..😊
Same here with the Dicor. I won't use anything else. I used their other caulk around the new windows I put in. Outstanding product!
Hey Eric, for a second set of hands try a locking vice grip on the outside, if it rotates it will eventually hit the support and stop, just a thought, love the channel.
Outline that Taterland logo in Black... or some color... needs a border... looks great!
Love the music choice during the solar box construction
I'm thinking about installing solar to the roof of my RV barn to use when the RV is inside. I have a lot of toys inside the barn as well but I do have power to it as well. My idea is to eventually have the "grid" electric as a backup for everything instead of solar as the backup.
Show Low is showing you that it can get low!!! 🥳🥳🐈⬛🐈 Either working hard or playing hard. Be safe.🏜️
haha
You did well Eric. Not bad for DIY the first time. Sometimes thats the only way to learn.
It’s not wrong. My husband said sometimes you have to be creative when it’s just you working alone.
Very cool very very cool. I’m glad it took me three days to watch this video but I’ve been busy.
Not trying to be bossy or sound like a know it all (anyone who knows me knows I'm not lol) but, Always wear safety goggles when your drilling or cutting anything because all it takes is one tiny piece of metal in your eyes and you will be in a hospital and extremely painful!!! Great video as always just wanted to point that out... I loved your music choice at 15:57, I actually play a saxophone as well.
Educational and informative.. great content..
No air gap = more heat = reduction in production. Just the name of the game.
The weird weather pattern isnt weird at all, it's the cycle of El Niño
I like the Taterland logo but where did the Colonel go? I saw where the wind ripped it up but was it fatal? Lol. Loved it lit up!!! Love 💖 your channel!
Happy to hear you haven’t changed Trailer Swift’s name. Bud Light which was a staple adult pop seems to have been dropped for Keystone.
I am so excited for you!!! You did it!! 🎉🎉🎉. Now maybe I will try. 😊
Pssst Eric, those are machine screws not lag bolts, but they work fine. Looks like a pretty cool system. Keep the good stuff coming buddy.
Yeah I’m not super handy but I think flag bolts are pointed like a screw
With solar charge controllers you want to plug the battery in first as the charge controller has a little computer that needs to be on in order to recognize the solar panels.
On my way back from San Diego at the end of the month I need to pick up a few of those panels!!!! Temps low of 17 this last week. 🥶 Great video…. Stay warm.
Lookin good in the neighborhood 😎 👍
Awesome this would be great for a farm shed that is off grid
Nice clean install..
Great video Eric! Super informative!!
I smell the start of a collection of vests and patches. 😅
Thanks Eric. Now I know I can do this. I just gotta do some 12v stuff too.
You can do it!
Great install. Thx for sharing
Eric watching you at installing I know I can do without being scared.👍g thank you. As far as the upside down I would paint the whole thing black because it would bother me to see that upside down letters all the time I'm just like that. Enjoy ✌️👍
He has a whole roll of blue tape, for a quick fix, he could put a couple of layers of tape over the lettering..Yes, my OCD would be going crazy every time I saw that upside down ..
Fun to watch you work Eric. 🤩😊
Very Cool Install! 😎
Thanks bud
Glue patches over the upside down letters, win win 🥳 great video 🍻
Did you caulk the back side of the solar panel mounting brackets?
Great work Eric! Be well, safe travels!
That’s good to be nice keeping your power tools charged and your bikes battery topped off
I love your humor ! haha, you should one time, just to freak people out, order more than you can eat, just so you can actually throw some of it on the ground and film yourself doing it . hahahaah I would laugh for hours.
If it works, it is not wrong. 😊
Lol blah blah blah. Way to go. Very happy to see video. Love the way you learn then teach us.
Just about to watch your video, but wanted to speak about yesterday's Xfinity race. I called the champion/winner, Cole Custer. He's been racing so well lately. Team RSS's best chance, K Seig, went out early in this race. Seems to be a recurring theme, & Graf qualified so slow, he stayed 35ish the whole race. I have to say, I really like the Xfinity racing, based on the difficulties they have handling these cars. Not like Cup cars which are so precise. Makes things a little more chaotic.
My champion/winner pick for today's Cup Race: Kyle Larson, though it's hard to ignore Blaney's speedy Ford & I don't like Chevy but do like Stewart Hass. Byron just seems to fall just short lately. Sentimental choice: Harvick for the win!!! Go out in Grand fashion!
Anyway, enjoy the Race today!!!!!
P.S. - Cowboys have tuff matchup today. Good Sports day for you.
I'm happy for Cole and SHR team! Well deserved. Not sure why Josh Berry is moving on to replace Kevin Harvick while these other "established" Xfinity drivers are left behind...
That's going to be awesome for the Harley trailer
Eric your going to be happy with that Charge Controller. I've got two of them.
Very convenient to have!
Hi Eric Very Proud of You. Good for you.👍🙋♀️😀
Take the cover off the inverter and turn it around do a complete 360 with the cover on the converter My opinion only then your lottery will be right side up
That will be a great edition to you setup. Don
Robert would be proud
Shawn didn't like my "wire management" ... lol
Great video thank you!
Great content Eric...
The comments are helpful.
Thank you
That was really cool
Bravo.......bigger inverter .......they fan doesnt even turn on...........grate pluss........cheers
I don't mind the fan - I'll never need anything bigger for my own uses, but I get what you're saying
We had snow about 2 inches for a day here in mid Michigan.The west side of the state by Lake Michigan got over a foot of snow and a bunch of people lot power.Chin scratches for Opie and Tara.
Always love your how to videos
Fantastic!!!!
Very good ❤
Great work Eric
I never want KFC until i watch your videos 😂
Great work Eric. Very cool.
good work thanks lee
Great video!
Hey Eric,have something you and CVK might be interested in. I know you guys like to ride, so do I. I’m talking about a ride called the IBA,(iron butt association) 1,000 miles in 24 hours. You live in a good area to do this ride. Out and back, 504 to Amarillo and 504 back to Conchology. Go for it. Oh well.
I like it ! Now I may do the same thing to my car trailer.
Amazing 😊
Hi Eric! i said it once and I'll say it again. YOU are very capable to do just about anything. You've proven it over and over again. Good for you, my friend. Thanks for sharing. See you the next time, hugs, Louise
Im so jealous that you can get panels at that price. The lowest I can find in my area is about $300 used.
Road trip! 😂
@@bigredgreg1 yup. Across 4 states and one border.
Good video. Eric . Safe travels
@Eric, Tara and OPIE, THANKS FOR SHARING THIS AWESOME VIDEO WITH US 💯💯
❤️😼❤️😼
I think you can figure out just about anything, Eric.
I like it, plan on doing something similar in the future.
while you are gone can you park tater under the solar panels to keep it from the elements? in the summer it could work too.
Sweet
Once again, weather is dynamic and can change and be unpredictable and nobody can actively predict what will happen.