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wintersun
May 16, 2014Explorer II
It depends on how you travel and where you stay. If you only need to go a couple days out in the boondocks and on the third day be at a place with hookups then you can get by without solar. If you want to not have electrical needs affect when you need to hookup to shore power than you need either a generator or solar panels.
Regardless of our evenings usage with two solar panels my batteries are back at 100% before noon. The panels once installed are something I never need to think about or touch. I added about 50 lbs. to the RV but that is it as far as impact. Nothing to start or stop or refuel or fix as with a generator.
Now our only constraint is our holding tanks.
Regardless of our evenings usage with two solar panels my batteries are back at 100% before noon. The panels once installed are something I never need to think about or touch. I added about 50 lbs. to the RV but that is it as far as impact. Nothing to start or stop or refuel or fix as with a generator.
Now our only constraint is our holding tanks.
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