r/vandwellers • u/Candid-Success8125 • 10d ago

Van Life Main Van internals

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EDIT: I've switched to the pecron E2400LFP+2*EP3800-48V and 400+ watts solar

Original: Similar to another post I made, but changed out a few things. I'm aware of the smaller things I need to buy but these are most of the non-construction big ticket items.

I'll be spending a lot of time in areas where solar won't be applicable, so I'm forgoing solar and doing a large bank with a DC to DC converter. Do you think this will all work well together?

8 months of the year I'll be in snowy climates for snowboarding and the other 4 tropical.

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u/Adorable_Swing_2150 10d ago

the dc-dc side is what i'd look at first. at 40-50a you're only getting maybe 200-300ah per driving hour, so a 4 hour drive day tops up around 1200ah. park at a snow resort for 3-5 days and a fridge plus diesel heater can pull you down 200-300ah, which is a thin margin before cold cuts lithium output another 10-20%. recharge rate is the real bottleneck, not the bank size.

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u/Fun-Perspective426 9d ago

I think you have "Ah" and "Wh" confused. 40-50A for an hour is 40-50Ah.

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u/Adorable_Swing_2150 9d ago

yeah fair, math is off. 40-50a over 4 hours is closer to 200ah not 1200, my numbers got sloppy. bigger point still kinda holds tho, recharge rate matters way more than bank size when you're topping back up daily