I love how you push your adventures to the edge and despite other trolls trying to school you, It’s a good experiment to see how solar panels can help. Keep up the adventure.
Goeie morgen! Great to see your Dutch roots :-) Just starting following your journey, very interesting. Yeah, the airsuspension makes this car an overlander, it's the most important feature. Blijf gaan / keep going broer!
HEY great question. Right after I shot my last bit of the video, I want on a trial run. 🏃 I exercise most days, and shower at Planet Fitness. It’s the ultimate way to pay myself forward!
To event start considering charging your Tesla you’ll need at least 6 panels (someone has a folding setup on the hitch of their Tesla with videos on RUclips). Even that would take an entire day of charging for maybe 10-20 miles. Charging with a single small panel will get you nowhere - literally. I love using solar for EVs but you need a substantial setup for it to be effective.
For hood solar system, I'd check out cascadia 4x4 systems to get some inspiration. whats the qualification for overland expo? didn't know you need to "qualify" lol Don't let other made up qualification ruin your perfectly fine vehicle for your needs. Cheers!
Climbing on your car like that to lay the solar panels is a an accident waiting to happen. Especially if you are out where you are alone. One you may injure yourself. Two you may cause damage to the car like falling on the doors or something thus making them unable to close or something. Both really bad scenarios while out in the wilderness. Maybe you can attach like straps on the back of them and then lay the other ends of the straps over the window and then close the windows so they pinch the straps to hold them in place. That way you can install them when the doors are down and then raise them so you dont have to crawl on top of the car.
I have an anker solid f3800 which is just a backup for my house essentials if the power ever goes out. It was about 3k for the battery and solar panel. It has a port for a nema 14-50 plug and can charge my “24 model X. I’m not worried of so,sr charging but it’s pretty fast.
@@EverydaySandro sorry for the bad grammar there I’m typing with one hand I broke my pinky lol. At Home Depot it’s currently for $3059 from $4039 so $1.3k off. It gave me 15 miles from a full charge in about 30-40 minutes. I would definitely recommend but it sure is HEAVY. It’s definitely something I would never move around besides strolling it on its wheels
@@EverydaySandro although it’s heavy, seeing you use your outlets a lot this would definitely give you great peace of mind to have knowing you can leave anything plugged in and knowing you can charge 2-3% to get somewhere to fast charge
An 11.5 kW charger provides up to 44 miles of range per hour of charge How many watts is your solar panel? Seems like not nearly enough to charge your Tesla.
That car is an energy hog...the average American house uses 25kwh, ,/ day. Your car holds in its battery from 80 to 140 kwh. With 1kw of solar panels ( which I doubt you can fit on or in your car) It would take 80 to 140 hours to charge....and that will take you 250 miles?? The numbers don't seem to work.?
@@johnturner7060 Our average American home uses 145 kWh a day, where exactly do they save kWh usage? Mind you we live in the south with 3 A/C'ed floors running heat pump yet our power company uses a nuclear power plant so the price per kWh isn't nearly as much as what the rest of the states. I charge both my Teslas after 11pm at $0.01 per kWh.
The conditions would have to be optimal and you would have to continually move the panels around on top of that to maximize the sunlight. No more range anxiety is a big stretch. Unless you drive like 2 miles a day or whatever energy you can gain. If anything it would be more like an emergency supplement. Very little gain, but in an emergency a little gain can make the difference. It would be faster for one to walk out if possible of your battery was drained. If you are not able to walk out, then the little power you can eek out can run some electronics or run climate control when you get enough charge. If you can get enough charge to get you a mile or two then it is a plus. But if you need to go further than that then you are likley going to die of hunger or thirst as it will take you forever.
This will be less mean-spirited than some comments. I enjoy your videos. You admit you need to learn more about solar, and you have or you will. I have learned how to use an external battery pack (with the correct dongle) to correct a ground fault from watching your videos. I was one time in Florence, OR, at a place that offered me free power, but with a ground fault, so my Tesla refused. I had to drive a long way to charge. So, your car has a battery capacity of about 100 kWh. If you had panels that could generate 4 kW, and they ran at 100% efficiency for 24 hours, you could fully charge the Tesla's battery. But, alas, they aren't that efficient, the sun will be low in the sky way up north. It may shine often but not with vigor. You will lose efficiency with each transfer: photovoltaic panels to power bank (you mentioned EcoFlowDelta brand), and power bank to the Tesla's battery. At the latitude of Oregon, with sunny weather, you could probably fully charge the car in 3-6 days. For safety, think seriously about mounting your panels in a strong lightweight frame that you assemble for each charging session.You will want anchors. Dirty stream water in jugs is one way. Strap these to the frame for ballast. Use the car itself as a windbreak. You want the photovoltaics to receive full solar input but not wind. If you think hard about the angle of the "central ray" of the sun striking each panel at a right angle, you'll get maximum output. Think about using a clock drive so it will tilt as the sun moves through the sky. When you put all these items in your car (the water ballast jugs are bulky even when empty), your sleeping quarters will be much reduced. Each panel on the roof of my house is about 1m (3ft) by 2m (6ft) and each generates 365 watts. So, twelve of those, each about 3cm (1 inch) thick, could be under your mattress perhaps, whew, but cables, cradle, clock drive. It would make a great video but it would be costly and, I estimate, much more troublesome to assemble than your kitchen. Another way to think about how to "aim" the photovoltaics is to imagine a perpendicular rod coming straight up from the center of each one. You will seek to aim the panel the rod has no shadow at all on the panel itself. By the way, what about solid waste? You have shown us how you eliminate liquid waste (a sterile fluid in a healthy person), but even stealth campers need to eliminate solid waste from time to time.
Thank you so much for taking the time and giving this thorough answer. I truly appreciate it. I am working with a company for custom made panels, but cannot talk about too much yet. Solid Waste, in nature, I use my community shovel and have biodegradable wipes with me so the Bears don't get too interested! My trip to the Arctic Ocean, I have learned so much about Solar with the 24 hr day light. Its a fun game! Cheers, drive safe!
Just found your channel 3 days ago. Concerning the solar do you know DIY SOLAR WITH WILL PROWSE and he also drive a Tesla. Maybe could exchange? Ideas? Good luck keep up the excellent challenge ❤
Hey Sandro, have you thought about buying a more durable and portable solar panel that will give you better output than when you found off the street because I do recommend that especially for back up because if that breaks I would hate to see you being stranded not that you don’t have a back up plan, which I’m assuming you do in case something goes wrongwhat do you think?
Yes indeed, thank you for the tip. Planning on creating something permanent on the Falcon door. 100-200 watt panel. This was just a Beta test. It was sweet to repurpose these panels. Thanks for watching
First off I would say you need more panels or it will take forever to charge your ecoflow thing. Perhaps either have a bigger eco flow thing or two and put in a lot more panels. That is a big battery on the Tesla it's like turning on your water tap and trying to fill your bath tube with the hole from a kids water pistol outlet point, it can be done but will take you so long you might actually forget what that thing is you are trying to charge, oh wait it is a car yes that has been sitting there for months while it charges, remember the Tesla uses power doing nothing, so you have over come the rate of discharge while the car is doing nothing as well. So you need more solar panels.
Thank you for the feedback. Mainly, I want to reduce the overall consumption of driving, so having the solar charge my external battery is part of the solution. anything helps
@@EverydaySandro it's one of those age 9ld problems, how to get more power in than that which you are using on the fly, the only way at present is either to use a generator or solar panels, one other way is to go down hill in full regeneration mode, oddly enough lots of people have said regeneration charges faster than using a charger in many cars, so tapping into the regeneration system might offer faster charging, but you still need lots of energy for it to work. A small portable wind tubing might also produce enough energy to charge, but again it needs to be big enough.
Ok, so I’ve done lots of overlanding in EVs(Model X and R1T) and have done a lot of research and trial with portable solar to charge up my EVs while overlanding…. Please do some more research before you go, for your own safety. Take a look at temperatures, elevations and etc. to plan ahead. Don’t rely on your solar setup. Even in the best conditions, you will likely not produce enough power to keep the car’s battery from draining at idle, let alone put any power back into the car for extending any range. You will need at least 5 more of those to get 15 miles of range over a 4 day charging period. Please consider planning only routes that have a solid electricity source within ~50 miles at any time. Stay safe.
Great way of using what's available in terms of energy. Since you have an electric stove instead of gas this will be a good addition of energy that you don't have to pull from the car battery. Don't know if charging the huge battery of the car will be possible, but I guess in real emergencies everything is better that being stranded, even if it takes bundles of time. Seeing you climbing all over the car makes me nervous. Maybe a good idea would be some sort of retractable ladder. If you do this when you are alone and fall bad it could be really bad for you. Specially in remote places with wild animals around. Don't think being unconscious from a fall is the best thing around bears and cougars... I know you take a lot of safety measures on your trips but always better safe than sorry. Probably your lovely girlfriend will agree with me on that. 😉
Possibly the dumbest idea ever. Let's do the math. 1 kwh will get you maybe 3 miles in that X. That 100w panel you have will produce maybe, and I mean generously maybe 500wh on a good sunny day. And there's energy loss of getting the energy to you power station and back to the Tesla. This does zero for range anxiety.
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I love how you push your adventures to the edge and despite other trolls trying to school you, It’s a good experiment to see how solar panels can help. Keep up the adventure.
Thank you for watching and understanding. My car definitely takes a beating, but it’s a tool that I get so much joy out of!
So many haters man ignore em ! They hate seeing young people out living the dream ! Adventure on brother 👌🏾
@@Itsjrob_ thank you! 🙏
Goeie morgen! Great to see your Dutch roots :-) Just starting following your journey, very interesting. Yeah, the airsuspension makes this car an overlander, it's the most important feature. Blijf gaan / keep going broer!
@@GTI_CHHA thanks maat! Groetjes thuis❤️
My 10 year old loves to climb trees and Teslas (Model S 85 owner here😉).
Being adventurous!
odd question: how do you get exercise into your lifestyle when going to remote places?
HEY great question. Right after I shot my last bit of the video, I want on a trial run. 🏃 I exercise most days, and shower at Planet Fitness. It’s the ultimate way to pay myself forward!
To event start considering charging your Tesla you’ll need at least 6 panels (someone has a folding setup on the hitch of their Tesla with videos on RUclips). Even that would take an entire day of charging for maybe 10-20 miles. Charging with a single small panel will get you nowhere - literally. I love using solar for EVs but you need a substantial setup for it to be effective.
Absolutely. It’s a back-up and will power my electronics so I drive as efficient as possible
For hood solar system, I'd check out cascadia 4x4 systems to get some inspiration.
whats the qualification for overland expo? didn't know you need to "qualify" lol Don't let other made up qualification ruin your perfectly fine vehicle for your needs. Cheers!
Thank you for the wonderful tip! Yes, I was pushed away I guess, but I didn’t take it personally.
Climbing on your car like that to lay the solar panels is a an accident waiting to happen. Especially if you are out where you are alone. One you may injure yourself. Two you may cause damage to the car like falling on the doors or something thus making them unable to close or something. Both really bad scenarios while out in the wilderness.
Maybe you can attach like straps on the back of them and then lay the other ends of the straps over the window and then close the windows so they pinch the straps to hold them in place. That way you can install them when the doors are down and then raise them so you dont have to crawl on top of the car.
I have an anker solid f3800 which is just a backup for my house essentials if the power ever goes out. It was about 3k for the battery and solar panel. It has a port for a nema 14-50 plug and can charge my “24 model X. I’m not worried of so,sr charging but it’s pretty fast.
Great tip, going to look at them!
How much range have you gotten out of a full charge using the Anker?
@@EverydaySandro sorry for the bad grammar there I’m typing with one hand I broke my pinky lol. At Home Depot it’s currently for $3059 from $4039 so $1.3k off. It gave me 15 miles from a full charge in about 30-40 minutes. I would definitely recommend but it sure is HEAVY. It’s definitely something I would never move around besides strolling it on its wheels
@@EverydaySandro although it’s heavy, seeing you use your outlets a lot this would definitely give you great peace of mind to have knowing you can leave anything plugged in and knowing you can charge 2-3% to get somewhere to fast charge
@@CristienPerez I am considering it! Thanks for this amazing tip!
An 11.5 kW charger provides up to 44 miles of range per hour of charge
How many watts is your solar panel? Seems like not nearly enough to charge your Tesla.
This was a beta test, and going to install more Solar and get a big external battery.
That car is an energy hog...the average American house uses 25kwh, ,/ day. Your car holds in its battery from 80 to 140 kwh. With 1kw of solar panels ( which I doubt you can fit on or in your car) It would take 80 to 140 hours to charge....and that will take you 250 miles??
The numbers don't seem to work.?
@@johnturner7060 a fair calculation. I am planning about having it as a backup and drive as efficient as possible
@@johnturner7060 Our average American home uses 145 kWh a day, where exactly do they save kWh usage? Mind you we live in the south with 3 A/C'ed floors running heat pump yet our power company uses a nuclear power plant so the price per kWh isn't nearly as much as what the rest of the states. I charge both my Teslas after 11pm at $0.01 per kWh.
@@EverydaySandro How many watts in your current solar panel? watts = volts x amps.
The conditions would have to be optimal and you would have to continually move the panels around on top of that to maximize the sunlight.
No more range anxiety is a big stretch. Unless you drive like 2 miles a day or whatever energy you can gain. If anything it would be more like an emergency supplement. Very little gain, but in an emergency a little gain can make the difference. It would be faster for one to walk out if possible of your battery was drained.
If you are not able to walk out, then the little power you can eek out can run some electronics or run climate control when you get enough charge. If you can get enough charge to get you a mile or two then it is a plus. But if you need to go further than that then you are likley going to die of hunger or thirst as it will take you forever.
thank you for the tips. I just wanted to give Solar a try and see how much I can get out of it to reduce overall consumption of other appliances
@@EverydaySandro oh videos like these are interesting and helpful. People build on it. Like they say, knowledge is power.
@@bubbalo3388 wise words! Thanks for sharing
This will be less mean-spirited than some comments. I enjoy your videos. You admit you need to learn more about solar, and you have or you will. I have learned how to use an external battery pack (with the correct dongle) to correct a ground fault from watching your videos. I was one time in Florence, OR, at a place that offered me free power, but with a ground fault, so my Tesla refused. I had to drive a long way to charge.
So, your car has a battery capacity of about 100 kWh. If you had panels that could generate 4 kW, and they ran at 100% efficiency for 24 hours, you could fully charge the Tesla's battery. But, alas, they aren't that efficient, the sun will be low in the sky way up north. It may shine often but not with vigor. You will lose efficiency with each transfer: photovoltaic panels to power bank (you mentioned EcoFlowDelta brand), and power bank to the Tesla's battery. At the latitude of Oregon, with sunny weather, you could probably fully charge the car in 3-6 days. For safety, think seriously about mounting your panels in a strong lightweight frame that you assemble for each charging session.You will want anchors. Dirty stream water in jugs is one way. Strap these to the frame for ballast. Use the car itself as a windbreak. You want the photovoltaics to receive full solar input but not wind. If you think hard about the angle of the "central ray" of the sun striking each panel at a right angle, you'll get maximum output. Think about using a clock drive so it will tilt as the sun moves through the sky. When you put all these items in your car (the water ballast jugs are bulky even when empty), your sleeping quarters will be much reduced. Each panel on the roof of my house is about 1m (3ft) by 2m (6ft) and each generates 365 watts. So, twelve of those, each about 3cm (1 inch) thick, could be under your mattress perhaps, whew, but cables, cradle, clock drive. It would make a great video but it would be costly and, I estimate, much more troublesome to assemble than your kitchen. Another way to think about how to "aim" the photovoltaics is to imagine a perpendicular rod coming straight up from the center of each one. You will seek to aim the panel the rod has no shadow at all on the panel itself.
By the way, what about solid waste? You have shown us how you eliminate liquid waste (a sterile fluid in a healthy person), but even stealth campers need to eliminate solid waste from time to time.
Thank you so much for taking the time and giving this thorough answer. I truly appreciate it. I am working with a company for custom made panels, but cannot talk about too much yet. Solid Waste, in nature, I use my community shovel and have biodegradable wipes with me so the Bears don't get too interested! My trip to the Arctic Ocean, I have learned so much about Solar with the 24 hr day light. Its a fun game! Cheers, drive safe!
So, did he even get 1 mile on a full days of charge?
About 3 miles, not bad.
Just found your channel 3 days ago. Concerning the solar do you know DIY SOLAR WITH WILL PROWSE and he also drive a Tesla. Maybe could exchange? Ideas? Good luck keep up the excellent challenge ❤
Thanks for stumbling across and the suggestion! Will reach out
The quality looks so good what Camera are you using?
Sony ZV E-10 with a 16-50mm lens
Hey Sandro, have you thought about buying a more durable and portable solar panel that will give you better output than when you found off the street because I do recommend that especially for back up because if that breaks I would hate to see you being stranded not that you don’t have a back up plan, which I’m assuming you do in case something goes wrongwhat do you think?
Yes indeed, thank you for the tip. Planning on creating something permanent on the Falcon door. 100-200 watt panel. This was just a Beta test. It was sweet to repurpose these panels. Thanks for watching
Enjoyed the fulltime videos... looking foward to future vids
More to come! Thanks for watching
Hey i thought i seen you upgrade your tesla model.
I did! Thanks for being here
Thanks for the vid Sandro ✅️
Thanks for watching!
Do you stealth camp or use campgrounds? I’m just curious if you use campgrounds roughly how much does it cost per night?
I don’t use campground, instead Wildcamping. Roughly $25-50 per night
First off I would say you need more panels or it will take forever to charge your ecoflow thing.
Perhaps either have a bigger eco flow thing or two and put in a lot more panels.
That is a big battery on the Tesla it's like turning on your water tap and trying to fill your bath tube with the hole from a kids water pistol outlet point, it can be done but will take you so long you might actually forget what that thing is you are trying to charge, oh wait it is a car yes that has been sitting there for months while it charges, remember the Tesla uses power doing nothing, so you have over come the rate of discharge while the car is doing nothing as well.
So you need more solar panels.
Thank you for the feedback. Mainly, I want to reduce the overall consumption of driving, so having the solar charge my external battery is part of the solution. anything helps
@@EverydaySandro it's one of those age 9ld problems, how to get more power in than that which you are using on the fly, the only way at present is either to use a generator or solar panels, one other way is to go down hill in full regeneration mode, oddly enough lots of people have said regeneration charges faster than using a charger in many cars, so tapping into the regeneration system might offer faster charging, but you still need lots of energy for it to work.
A small portable wind tubing might also produce enough energy to charge, but again it needs to be big enough.
Love the content especially the view shots. How are you getting those overview shots? You have the drone on follow?
I have a DJI mini 3. Most of the time I am actually flying. Thanks for stopping by
Ok, so I’ve done lots of overlanding in EVs(Model X and R1T) and have done a lot of research and trial with portable solar to charge up my EVs while overlanding…. Please do some more research before you go, for your own safety. Take a look at temperatures, elevations and etc. to plan ahead. Don’t rely on your solar setup. Even in the best conditions, you will likely not produce enough power to keep the car’s battery from draining at idle, let alone put any power back into the car for extending any range. You will need at least 5 more of those to get 15 miles of range over a 4 day charging period. Please consider planning only routes that have a solid electricity source within ~50 miles at any time. Stay safe.
Thanks Jordan for watching and the tips! I have done some remote trips and have learned a lot!
What’s a great spot you have traveled too?
Didn't know that you could use a vehicle build for regular road for offroading? lol whatever float your boat I guess
True, I saw potential
I’m getting my bike and we’re travelling together
I got space on my roof!
Great way of using what's available in terms of energy. Since you have an electric stove instead of gas this will be a good addition of energy that you don't have to pull from the car battery. Don't know if charging the huge battery of the car will be possible, but I guess in real emergencies everything is better that being stranded, even if it takes bundles of time. Seeing you climbing all over the car makes me nervous. Maybe a good idea would be some sort of retractable ladder. If you do this when you are alone and fall bad it could be really bad for you. Specially in remote places with wild animals around. Don't think being unconscious from a fall is the best thing around bears and cougars... I know you take a lot of safety measures on your trips but always better safe than sorry. Probably your lovely girlfriend will agree with me on that. 😉
She would definitely agree with you! Thank you for the tip and you get what I was trying to do! Thanks for watching
your voice is so soft spoken, it is sometimes hard to hear you.
Thank you for letting me know, will work on it
Possibly the dumbest idea ever. Let's do the math. 1 kwh will get you maybe 3 miles in that X. That 100w panel you have will produce maybe, and I mean generously maybe 500wh on a good sunny day. And there's energy loss of getting the energy to you power station and back to the Tesla. This does zero for range anxiety.
Youre the dumbest person to comment on here
I see it differently. Imagine having to push your car for 3 miles. Thanks for watching though!
''Range anxiety is for fools'' Says the fool that has to drive slow to conserve battery. The cultish cope is real
Absolutely. Probably one of the most remote places to get to in the US
What a waste of time
One could say :)
Please explain.