den60 wrote:
Thanks cpd520 for the location. It's just what I was looking for, my first trial run at boondocking and I will be able to stop and see how long I can last without any hook-ups. I will then know whether or not to invest in solar energy or not. Your reply is very much appreciated, thank you. Thank you everyone!
We've done dry camping (we're usually around ammenities, so most of the time, we're not out in the boondocks lol ;) quite a bit for the last 4 years. We tried it withOUT solar, and it was pretty much running a generator "all the time" (exaggerating a bit, but we did have to run it often) We now have a motorhome with panels, and there's a distinct difference. We run the generator a few minutes a day because I have a CPAP and we need to make sure it's charged enough for that, but it's a lot less.
When it's cloudy, we need to run it even longer. When it rained a couple of days ago, and was cloudy, the battery ran low a lot quicker.