Almot wrote:
krobbe wrote:
Hope this 100Watt portable does the job for next years trip to the Pacific Northwest.
I live on Pacific Northwest (BC). Short of a 3,000W solar home with no shading, with a shed full of batteries - solar of any size is a gamble here.
Though 100W is so very little that even in the best of climates it would be sustainable only for a real minimalist. Pumps, lights, radio, fridge circuits, very-very occasional laptop. Preferably no furnace use. Ready to turn the lights off and hit the hay early (warm sleeping bag) if it rains all day and there is zero charging. Converting lights to LED is a must, when living on 30 AH a day (or trying to).
My family is pretty good on power usage. I converted all lights to LED, no need to run the furnace in July. I have a BigBuddy heater I've used a couple times up in the Canadian Rockies at the Columbia Icefields and Jasper. Only power usage is for pump, lights, charging iPads/phones and stereo. We'll watch a DVD movie occasionally using a little 100 watt inverter for the TV. But when we're camping out west, much of the day is spent hiking and day tripping. If 100 watts doesn't quite get it, I'll add another 100 watt panel to it. But I wanted to try it first. Even if I have to run the generator only occasionally, it should cut down on the number of times drastically.
