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lane_hog
Sep 06, 2016Explorer II
We do a mix of solar and gens. Solar when the sun is out, gens for morning charging when we're too far north or in the shade...
So far, two batteries and our 140W panel have never let us down on a weekend.
No inverter? Easy to wire one in. We have one behind the TV so that the kids could watch it while we were rolling, and it only has two outlets. We now run an extension cord from that to power other electronics when needed.
There's also another option....
Over the winter, we got a battery pack from Menards for emergency jump starting. Ours also has a 12V & separate USB port on it, so it spends some of its time and battery capacity working as a tablet/phone charger while we're drydocking. There are also versions available with a built in 110v plug.
But... to an earlier point... you're camping. We leave the TV off.
So far, two batteries and our 140W panel have never let us down on a weekend.
No inverter? Easy to wire one in. We have one behind the TV so that the kids could watch it while we were rolling, and it only has two outlets. We now run an extension cord from that to power other electronics when needed.
There's also another option....
Over the winter, we got a battery pack from Menards for emergency jump starting. Ours also has a 12V & separate USB port on it, so it spends some of its time and battery capacity working as a tablet/phone charger while we're drydocking. There are also versions available with a built in 110v plug.
But... to an earlier point... you're camping. We leave the TV off.
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