My camping setup is usually OFF-ROAD camping without hookups
Everywhere we camp around here we run into generator run time restrictions... Very little dispersed camping around these parts. This led me to doing the battery upgrade to handle all the things we wanted to run and then I get to run my generator during the day when allowed to recharge my batteries.
Been doing this since 2009 and has worked out great for me... We were surviving just fine with our 255AH Battery upgrade up to the end of last season - Now down to one 12V battery so have plans for bigger and better batty upgrade now ongoing... Going for two groups of 6V Batteries in series. This way I can use either a 220AH capacity or a 440AH capacity by flipping a battery switch.
Just now thinking about solar panels but they only put out small charging currents and you have to use them all day during the high sun to get the batteries back up... If you are a high user of watts Solar panels is a slow process to keep ahead of it unless you have massive group of panels... My way of thinking is battery banks and generator is first way as you can always depend on these charging your batteries. Solar panels only work on clear days and being in the high sun so they will be great TOP OFF source of energy. Need that small generator for PLAN B for sure...
With the generator I can always re-charge back up in a three hour generator run time using my on-board converter/charger setup rain or shine...
Just things to think about.
Roy Ken
