1000W Rigid Solar Kit

1000W Rigid Solar Kit: 1000 watts of monocrystalline panels with an MPPT controller, brackets, roof gland and cable.

Solar is the charging that works while you are parked. On a UK summer day a 400 watt array produces around 1.5 kWh; in December it produces a tenth of that. We size it honestly for both. This part is not van specific, and the listing says where the mounting position matters.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Transit, Transit Custom, Sprinter, Crafter and Transporter builds, and most other panel vans
• Van body: not van specific
• Years: current range
• Specification: 1000W array with MPPT controller
• Quality: monocrystalline panels with a 25 year output warranty
• Power draw: none
• Wiring: solar cable through a sealed gland to a fused controller
• Installation time: about 4 to 6 hours
• Regulations: roof cut outs must be sealed with a structural adhesive sealant and must not cut through a roof rib without a load spreading frame
• Weight: about 62 kg
• Warranty: five years

What arrives

• Panels
• Controller
• Brackets
• Gland
• Cable

Fitting

Conversions are heavy. Batteries, water, furniture and insulation can add 500 to 800 kg, and a van that starts at 3.5 tonnes gross can end up overweight before anyone has packed a bag. Every listing states its weight, and it is worth weighing the empty van at a public weighbridge before the build begins. Tell your insurer about the conversion as it progresses, not afterwards. Since 2019 the DVLA has been strict about reclassifying vans as motor caravans on the V5C, and most specialist insurers will cover a converted van as a camper whatever the V5C says, provided they know what is in it. We supply and fit camper conversion parts for panel vans, and we build and live in our own. We are not Ford, Mercedes-Benz or Volkswagen and are not appointed by them; the van names describe fitment. Everything here is chosen for vans that get used all year, including the British winter, and we say plainly where a cheaper part would do the job.

Which version to buy

Parts Only is the parts delivered with our wiring diagram or fitting notes, for a self build or your own installer. Parts and Fitting is fitted at our workshop by our own installers, tested, and signed off with a written installation record.