Hi Roy,
He already has a generator. Using solar to maintain and charge the battery bank is far better than dragging along a second "noise maker".
BTW my solar charges at about 3 amps at solar noon in the rain. That's about double the parasitic loads in an RV.
RoyB wrote:
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
