PSW wrote:
dapperdan, we will always get a lot of opinions on these forums and that is a good thing. All I can say is that the Renogy systems worked well for me, 200 watts monocrystaline does all I need a solar system to do for me (keep my batteries up for boondocking) and I believe in the old KISS (Keep it simple, stupid) system for myself, since I may well qualify for the final S. Also, I have no intention on keeping my RV for thirty years (I would be a hundred years old) so I plan accordingly. AND, being cheap, I don't like to spend a lot when a little suffices. So, I am a happy little Okie.
Paul
Thanks for the reassurance Paul, I've been looking at Renogy systems/kits for a few days now and it's really reassuring to hear from somebody in the real world using the system and happy with it. Like you, I don't want to over think the whole project but I don't want to waste money either.
My goal is to try and keep our 2 6 volt batteries close to full while parked at our storage lot (with no electricity). We have a residential fridge which, with an inverter will run a couple of days on our batteries or so the salesman said. I just want to be able to fire up the fridge before loading it up for a trip and NOT discharge the batteries too much, my thought is a couple of 100 watt panels will do the trick.
A month or so ago I turned on the fridge before a weekend trip and didn't realize the batteries were already low (60%) and ran the batteries down to where the inverter kicked off, NOT good!! We have a EU3000i Honda but I got to thinking there's got to be a better way. That's when the solar idea entered my mind. LOL
Dan
