{"id":9708,"date":"2024-03-29T08:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=9708"},"modified":"2024-08-17T05:57:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T19:57:17","slug":"solar-panel-installed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=9708","title":{"rendered":"Grenadier build &#8211; solar panel installed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Doc installed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/solar\/160w-solar-fixed-panel-combos\/new-product-160w-fixed-solar-panel-v3.html\">King&#8217;s 160W solar panel<\/a> on the roof rack, it mates well with the CTEK 250SE. <br><br>Expedition HQ previously mated the CTEK 250SE with the CTEK 120S, as well as running an Anderson plug up the B pillar to the front passenger power socket. The Doc just had to install the panel on the roof rack and plug it in. The panel was secured like it was on the Nissan Patrol and the old solar panel was undamaged after the crash. <br><br>Here is a photo of the solar panel installed, with a bonus image of the other view from the balcony (the view is about twice as broad as what you see). The solar panel was installed during the recent Ballina trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" data-attachment-id=\"9709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9709\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE (2nd generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1711111755&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00085397096498719&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8874\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?fit=604%2C805&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874.jpg?resize=604%2C805\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?w=1812 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" data-attachment-id=\"9710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9710\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE (2nd generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1711111840&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00037495313085864&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8882\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?fit=604%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882.jpg?resize=604%2C453\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8882-scaled.jpg?w=1812 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Doc installed the King&#8217;s 160W solar panel on the roof rack, it mates well with the CTEK 250SE. Expedition HQ previously mated the CTEK 250SE with the CTEK 120S, as well as running an Anderson plug up the B pillar to the front passenger power socket. The Doc just had to install the panel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=9708\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grenadier build &#8211; solar panel installed<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,149,4,1],"tags":[174,170,172,144],"class_list":["post-9708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12-volt","category-4x4","category-australia","category-uncategorised","tag-12-volt","tag-grenadier","tag-ineos","tag-solar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42vG0-2wA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9708"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9756,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708\/revisions\/9756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}