Another informative video. Food for thought, many thanks

Martin, nice job but one snag ! I fitted mine exactly the same as you but was told by my service engineer that the in-line fuse should not be inside the battery box. This is for reasons of fire as if the battery gives off any gasses, these are flammable and a fuse blowing will cause sparks and a possible source of ignition. I have now put my in-line fuse external to the battery box for this reason. Nick T.

That fits a treat there in the window, nice one!

Great job Martin. That panel fits into your window a treat certainly better than drilling holes in the roof. Thanks for sharing Ian

A great fit there... 👍🏼 Excellent video for those wanting to do the same. We’re so happy to have solar.. definitely keeps our battery topped up 🚐🚐🚐 Michelle and Andy 😃😃

Mine fits exactly the same place doing the exact same job. Luckily my battery is closer and the control panel is on the solar panel itself. 40w does the trick for us 👍🏼

Great idea to slot it behind the blinds and plenty to keep a trickle charge going 😊 Thanks for sharing. Mart & Jo

Cheers Martin. That makes far more sense to me. Cheers

Great video, done the same , before we had solar on the roof. Did help keep the battery charged. Stay safe 🙂Mark & Coral

Nice one Martin. Before we had one fitted on the Roof we had cheap connectors on the solar panel and battery end which meant we didn’t need to use crocodile clips. Highly recommend doing that. Cheers, Oliver,

Great video Martin. We now have a roof panel but previously had a double fold up solar panel we used to have in the front window and it was a perfect solution. One tip, that may not work for you because of how you’ve clamped it behind the blind, but might help others, is that we fitted some of those pipe lagging tubes all around the panel. It stopped the panel scratching anything. They are very easy to just push on to all four sides and remove when not in use. Looking forward to your next video.

Hi Martin a good idea. Ours is on the roof but I would not be without it. Never had an issue with it and like you say great for charging the battery whilst in long term storage. Thanks Phil🙂👍

Hi Martin, Another very good vlog on fitting a solar panel. Very impressed with our solar panel on the caravan. Nice one pal. 👍👍

Thanks Martin, another great video x

Hi Martin, I like how the panel fits in the window. No brackets etc. very neat. When taken out, you wouldn't know there was one. Take care. Rob

Brilliant, saved you quite a bit of hassle ferrying the battery about, I can see more people sharing your idea.

Another great job Martin. Ideal solution for keeping battery in good nick during storage.

Very good video Martin should be a standard item now on all new caravans

Hi Martin, Nice solar set up. That will do a great job of keeping the battery charged and saves the hassle of taking it home. Good work, Stephen 👍

Fun project!

Ideal size for the window, not got one yet. Thanks for showing us.

Solar is the way forward. Done a lot of research and fitted 400w on the roof with MTTP. Allows us to go off grid with all the power we need. Inverter powers the microwave, charges 140 amps on average a day back into the batteries in Summer months. Never need EHU again.

Our caravan has a 100w solar panel fitted as standard but I have found that by November the long dark nights are not sufficient to keep the battery topped-up. I would check on it during winter just to be on the safe side. Another useful video Martin and not worth putting the solar panel on the roof as like us we only use hook-ups.

You should install solar PV system at home. You can get a 5kw system now for less than £5k all installed..

great channel...caravans are definitely more equipt now then they were when I was little, we took so many holidays in ours and I loved it. Have a great night. New subbie.

Could not have had a much better fit if you had it made to measure Martin, good job and even in the front window it will provide adequate input to keep your battery in great condition... 👍🏻✅

Another great video 👍

Thinking of getting a solar panel, as my battery is no longer charging from Hook up, and needs a separate charger. It's not really a big deal, but would make it all a bit easier. Cheers and subscribed!

Hi Martin don't blame you not fitting to the roof of van it not worth it if u not wild camping I think what u done is the best option as all u want is to keep battery tops up and plus u can take it with u if u change your van aswell nice one .kev

Hi Martin. Great video mate. You beat me to our video on installing my sola panel 🤣 stay safe mate 😷👍

Great Video my friend, I still haven't done a vid on my solar as of yet .... But it will be coming very soon. Thank you for sharing

Won't that cause overheating and distortion of the inner window face, due to heat build-up in sunny conditions? After all, we are advised not to leave blinds completely closed for extended periods in daylight for that reason

Great video, would a 60 or 80 watt be better for being behind perspex windows, just want to keep my battery charged whilst in storage?

Nice one Martin not been on here for ages now I’ve got the bug back and we can go out might consider one of these too, I do the same as you disconnect the battery and leave in garage in trickle charge

Hi Martin have you got any idea where it was originally bought from cheers from another Martin

Hi Martin, I have just purchased and fitted a 40w solar panel in the same w\y as you an am very interested to note the comment re the in-line fuse from |Nick T. Thank you Nick, I'll get on to that. I am confused about the in-line fuse. The solar panel is 40w and the charge controller is 10amp. The in line fuse that came with the kit is a 30amp. I'n no electrician but that seems a little on the large size to me. I'm wondering whether to change the fuse to a lower rating. Could you provide any feedback to help me out? Thanks Great channel Rick P

I got a 100w panel last year and still haven’t got round to putting it on the roof, I just put it in the front window and remove it before we go away, not ideal but kept the battery fully charged last winter

Great job can I ask inline fuse what fuse did you use because I have a 120 watt solar panel I’m installing in my caravan (I’m new to caravanning) I have been told 10 amp......20 amp.... WHICH many thanks Graham

Hi Is the solar panel worth getting I'm looking for one. Can you recommend any please. Cheers Andy.

Hi Martin. Great channel. Very informative. Can you tell me the dimensions of the panel please. We've got our eye on a Unicorn, and if bought wil be doing the same. Cheers...... Andy.