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hunter_rv
Explorer
Aug 16, 2016

Best choice? Small Generator vs Solar Setup -> weekend camp

New to camping and mostly camp Friday night to Sunday am as a small weekend cabin. I have a Honda 7000 to handle the AC units on the 5th wheel, but as the weather starts getting a little cooler at ...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Aug 20, 2016
Hi,

I have a scant 256 watts of solar on my RV. It cost $1700. Since 2009 it has paid for itself many times over, since I can boondock rather than pay for $30 per night for a campsite. When I was part time I was camping for 50 nights per year.

Busskipper wrote:
Solar is way overrated (have it on the house and the RV and the payback will not happen in my lifetime on either - been 12 years on both and am still 30+ from payback)

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