RV Solar Panels, Travel Trailer Solar Panels, Campervan Solar Panels

Solar for camping offers you a self-sufficient and independent power supply in your RV, campervan, travel trailer, boat or garden.
Here in Reimo's online camping shop you can find lots of different options for solar for camping. By buying solar for camping you literally buy yourself independence and comfort.
Gain free energy even in the most remote places.

In this category, you can find complete solar panel kits, rigid 12V solar panels, flexible solar panels for campervans, marine solar panels for boats, foldable solar panels for tent vacations, portable solar panels and more.
Solar for camping, whether portable, flexible, foldable or rigid, provides you with free electricity all around the world. Of course, you can also find all solar accessories needed like MPPT charge controller, solar batteries und Montage-Material.
Especially comfortable and recommendable are our solar kits they come with coordinated components and installation parts for your solar for camping.

RV solar panels, travel trailer solar panels and campervans solr panels for more than 30 years!

RV solar panels, travel trailer solar panels and campervan solar panels became a huge part of Reimo. Reimo has been installing RV solar panels, travel trailer solar panels and campervan solar panels since the mid-80's.
Our Carbest solar panels have a power performance guarantee of 20 years!
Since the mid-90's, Reimo has been producing high-quality and well-proven Carbest products.
More than 20,000 RV solar panels, travel trailer solar panels or campervan solar panels have been installed in various parts of the world and in different climatic zones.
Depending on the season, Reimo usually has all different kinds of RV solar panels, travel trailer solar panels, campervan solar panels in stock.
Reimo's online camping shop usually ships your desired solar for camping within 24 hours (only in Germany!).
For US: If you are interested in one of our RV solar panels, travel trailer solar panels or campervan solar panels please contact your local Reimo dealer!

Operating an AC with solar for camping

Solar for camping means more comfort without electrical connection or more comfort e.g. with a air conditioner when the power supply on the campsite is weak.
Purchasing solar for camping is always worth it and a good investment. Older campsites, especially in southern countries or rural areas, only offer 3 or 4 amps per pitch.
This means, that you can only use electrical devices with up to 3A x 230V = 690 W oder 4A x 230V = 920 W via the campsite's power connection.
Having a solar for camping on top of your RV provides you with additional power supply.
With a solar panel with 200 W/12V, the battery is charged up to 15 amps at its peak, with 300 W/12V it is around 25 amps under good conditions.
With correspondingly large batteries, the entire RV can even be cooled down with an air conditioning system.
An economical Truma Aventa roof air conditioner consumes approx. 700 W in continuous operation: 12 V = 60 amps per hour.
With two lithium batteries of 100 ampere each, the air conditioner can be operated for up to 3 hours from the batteries of the RV.
Whereby it is usually a great pleasure to cool the RV, campervan or travel trailer down for an hour so that you can fall asleep better.

230V/12V RV solar panels, campervan solar panels, travel trailer solar panels with inverters

The larger the solar battery (100 - 200 Ah/St) as power storage and the higher the charging power of the RV solar panels, the more powerful the solar system can be. Of course, larger and more powerful RV solar panels, campervan solar panels, travel trailer solar panels recharge consumption more quickly.
The more powerful the inverter, the stronger your 230V device can be.
The power of an inverter in RV, travel trailer or campervan is usually between 500 and 1500 watts.
Sine wave inverters provide "smooth and clean" power, even for sensitive devices. For electric shavors, electric toothbrushes and charging laptops, a regular inverter is sufficient.

Campervan solar panels for campervan roofs or car roofs

The available space on your campervan's roof or car roof is usually the limit of the size of your campervan solar panel. There are two common versions of the campervan solar panels.

• The classic 12V campervan solar panel with aluminum frames, which is often installed on roof rack brackets on VW vans, panel vans, off-road vehicles and campervans. These campervan solar panels have advantage that the solar radiation on the roof of your VW van, campervan or SUV is reduced. The shadow of these campervan solar panels creates the effect of a tropical roof like the LandRover.  Usually three campervan solar panels fit side by side on the roof rack (structure width 410 mm, 545 mm). The power of a solar panel on top of the campervan is therefore usually between 100 and 300 watts.

• The flexible campervan solar panel is glued flat on the campervan's roof.  This has the advantage that the height of your campervan is hardly increased despite the flexible campervan solar panels (approx. 5-8 mm) being installed. According to our several months of tests, an 80-100 watt solar panel is usually sufficient to operate a narrow camping cooler. We tested this with the Reimo built-in compressor cooler box (26 liters) in the VW T5 / T6 Cityvan (Item No. 71177).
  The reason for the small dimensioning of the solar cell is the short duty cycle (30%) of modern compressor coolers.

Travel trailer solar panels - always electrictiy at the sunny spot

The travel trailers solar panels are determined by the right installation area on the travel trailer's roof which is usually quite full. There is e.g. the skylights, Hekis, stack for the heater, SAT antenna.
For particular small or narrow installation areas, Reimo offers travel trailer solar panels by Carbest from a width of 410mm.
The narrowest travel trailer solar panels in our range have a width of 335 mm (MT SM75MC-S).

RV solar panels - smart, evironmentally friendly and affordable

RV solar panels, as well as campervan solar panels and travel trailer solar panels, are very popular!
Many additional electronic devices like TV, SAT, tablet, coffee maker make living and traveling in a RV, campervan or travel trailer way more comfortable.
But you need a lot more electricity for all these devices.
What's smarter and more evironmentally friendy than gaining free solar energy from the above.
With RV solar panels electricity is always available, no matter where you are. Modern energy storage devices such as lithium or AGM batteries store the energy generated in large quantities.
After purchasing RV solar panels at a very affordable price, you get free and envrionmentally friendly power for many years.

Solar for camping in a complete kit

We offer so-called solar panel kits in a wide range. All solar panel kit components are coordinated with one another.
So with a solar panel kit you get the complete solar for camping with everything you need.
Whether equipped with a rigid solar panel or flexible solar panel, the solar panel kits by Carbest impress with their very good price-performance ratio.
All in all, this technology has now become very robust. When you order and purchase the solar for camping in a complete kit by Carbest, you will get perfectly coordinated components.
Carbest's extended warranty period of 3 years completes the offer.>

Solar for camping with rigid 12V solar panels for RVs and travel trailers

Rigid 12V solar panels are the traditional way of solar for camping in RVs and travel trailers.
The rigid 12V solar panels are set up on flat roof surfaces with spoiler profiles or solar panel carriers/brackets.
Classic 12V solar panels are affordable and of long-lasting quality. Easily installed and well ventilated, the rigid 12V solar panels ensure a consistently good power supply.
The rigid 12V solar panels are so durable that we are happy to give a 25 year performance guarantee for the rigid 12V solar panels from Carbest.
We guarantee that your Carbest solar panel will still provide 80% of the specified performance even after 25 years.

Solar for camping is just as good for your garden and garden shed

Solar for camping is also ideal for your garden or garden shed.
You do not have a power connection in your garden shed but would like to have a fully charged smartphone or cold drink even outside?
We can solve this problem for you with our solar panels not only for camping but also perfect for your garden. Connected to a 230V inverter, you can easily operate standard 230V household appliances in your garden.
Watching football with neighbors on a TV in your garden, having BBQs with drink directly from the fridge or having an outdoor birthday with some music - not a problem anymore with affordable and high quality 12V solar panels.

Solar for camping with flexible solar panels for campervans and boats

Foldable, portable and mobile solar for camping

The camping solar panels or suitcase solar panels are portable and therefore ideal for mobile use.
Foldable solar panels were originally used to maintain the voltage of the RVs if there was no power connection nearby. In the meantime, the foldable solar panels produce just as much electricity as the traditional, permanently installed solar panels.
Due to the small pack size, they are used for the power supply during camping trips. So you can operate the cooler, charge your tablet, smartphone or laptop even on a camping vacation.

MPPT charge controller, ideal for every solar battery

MPPT charge controllers are perfect for the requirements that a 12V solar controller in the RV, campervan or travel trailer must meet today.
Many different types of batteries such as AGM, gel or Lithium battries require different charging currents. The MPPT charge controller recognizes the corresponding battery and maximizes the charging current for the battery used. MPPT charge controllers enable charging even with partial shading and if cells with voltages greater than 20V are used. This is particularly useful when charging LiFEPO4 batteries, this type of battery can be fully charged with an MPPT solar controller 12V in an extremely short time.
Charging with conventional charge controllers takes a lot longer with the same irradiance.

Solar batteries

Solar batteries are available in different versions. The lithium or LIFEPO4 batteries mentioned above are characterized by high charging currents. A 90% total discharge is easily possible for a short time. The built-in battery management ensures reliable power supply and discharge. The LiFePO4 batteries charge (depending on the charging current) 3 to 10 times faster than the conventional gel or AGM solar batteries!

Example: With sufficient power supply, a LiFePO4 can be fully charged within one hour.

The AGM solar batteries have been in use with us for many years and have proven their worth. They are robust and after 950 cycles (with a depth of discharge of 30%) they still have 80% of the nominal capacity.
Thanks to the mats built into the AGM battery, this 12V battery can be installed horizontally, just like the LiFePO4. Gel solar batteries and acid batteries such as Moll batteries are also suitable as solar batteries.
They are a little cheaper than the previous variants. Incidentally, acid batteries may only be installed in the interior of a vehicle in a closed, ventilated room.

Solar for camping accessories: Spoiler profiles, solar cabel, roof ducts, brackets

How many watts do I need? (estimated)

Solar Panel Size	Vehicle Type	Nutzung	Reisezeit
up to   20 watts	for trekking, outdoors and tent	for charging smartphone, camera, portable chargers and the like	summer
up to   60 watts	small RVs, small travel trailers	for light, waterpump, battery maintenance, compensation for hidden devices	summer
up to   80 watts	small RVs up to 6,5 m length and travel trailers	for light, waterpump, occassional heating	spring to fall
up to 120 watts	medium sized RVs and large travel trailers	for light, pump, TV/Sat and heating	spring to fall
up to 160 watts	large RVs and travel trailers	for light, pump, TV/Sat, heating and possibly compressor fridge	all year-round (depending on weather and battery size)
up to 220 watts	large RVs and large travel trailers	for light, pump, TV/Sat, radio, heating and compressor fridge	all year-round (depending on weather and battery size)

Carbest, Büttner Solar or NDS for RV solar panels, campervan solar panels, travel trailer solar panels!

Carbest, is the brand name under which Reimo has been producing high quality products for outdoors, camping and leisure since the 90's.
For RV solar panels, campervan solar panels and travel trailer solar panels, we look back on more than 30 years of experience.
High demands on the product quality of our products ensure constant improvements. Every year we have further developed our RV solar panels, campervan solar panels and travel trailer solar panels.
RV solar panels, campervan solar panels and travel trailer solar panels by Carbest go through many test runs with the engineers here at Reimo. After a successful test, they will be satisfied with the continuously developed products for many years.

Büttner, at the company from Neuenkirchen everything revolves around solar and on-board electronics. Büttner Solar offers a large selection of solar panels and solar panel kits. You can order all Büttner Solar products from Reimo.

NDS, an Italian specialist for RV batteries and chargers, has been represented by Reimo in Germany for many years. NDS offers AGM batteries, solar panels with integrated aluminum spoilers and charging technology. The quality of the products is good and the price-performance ratio is reasonable.

Solar for camping, the components:

• Solar panels with solar cells
• Solar charge controller
• Cables
• Roof ducts
• and the optional solar battery

For RV solar panels, campervan solar panels, travel trailer solar panels, the term solar cell is mostly used congruently with the term solar panel. More precisely, solar cell actually describes the individual element that put together the RV solar panel, campervan solar panel or travel trailer solar panel.
A solar panel then consists of e.g. 4x9=36 solar cells, which are arranged in a grid on a carrier plate and connected to one another in series. A single solar cell supplies a voltage of approx. 0.64 V when idling, which in our example results in a voltage for the panel of 36x0.6V = 23.04 V.
Most RV solar panels, campervan solar panels, travel trailer solar panels work with a 12V direct current system. So, if a 12V solar panel is required, a charge regulator must be connected between the solar panel and the battery, which controls the charging of the battery. The 12V solar cells are made of different materials and in different designs, which differ slightly in price, area of application and efficiency.