Tag Solar panels

New Product – ATEM Power 300 watt Solar Blanket
The new ATEM Power 300 watt solar blanket from Vicoffroad is an affordable option for travellers with high off-grid power demands. If like me, you do a lot of off-grid caravanning and camping, you’ll know that you can never have…

Flying Solar Panels – The danger lurking on your RV’s roof
Forget solar storms, solar flares, or solar radiation. Flying solar panels are the dangerous new threat that could be literally just sitting on the roof of your caravan or motorhome right now. On 22nd December last year, extraordinary video footage…
How to reduce your caravan’s load by 200kg
Does your caravan have a weight problem? Perhaps you need to put it on a diet. We show you how to reduce your caravan’s load by 200kg. When we made the transition from a camper-trailer to a caravan, we fell…
OzXcorp’s gasless caravan nears climax of 17,000km adventure!
The final weeks of the ultimate in solar, battery tech and caravan testing is coming to a close later this month (September) 2019. The adventurous crew were perplexed by the need to boost the charge in the battery pack causing…
Time to get serious – the Retreat gasless caravan takes to the red stuff
Our intrepid testers hauled the Retreat from Laverton along the Old Laverton Road to the Deep Well area, a favourite spot for some time-out. This road was rough and in very poor condition, which really tested the dirt road driveability…
Not all solar panels are created equal
Here’s how to tell them apartWords Collyn Rivers images Mark Allen & RV Daily Few things in everyday life fall in price as have solar modules. In 1977 they cost about $100/watt, limiting use mainly to scientific, space and the…