Thanks for the interesting info.
I was about to say not to bother with a measly 15 watts of extra juice when running with the alternator off, but 140 watts is significant. That said, I find vehicle mounted PV to be impractical and a poor use of materials since the vehicle is always changing direction ,and an optimal angle can never be achieved.
Are you attempting to charge the battery mostly on solar instead of daily grid charging? It wouldn't work for me since I garage my vehicles, but the concept is interesting to me.
I want to see pictures of the build if you proceed.
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