Solar panel System
Hello all 1st post hope I found the right spot otherwise a Mod please move. My wife and I bought a new travel trailer last year and I want to make it so that we could be self sustaing for a longer pe...
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2 100 watt panels and an inexpensive PWM controller will keep 2 GC's charged under most conditions. From what you describe a your usage, 2 GC's should be fine. For radio, standard radio/CD in most trailers are 12 VDC off the battery. Unless you have a REAL reason to use a microwave, I'd not get a large inverter (almost all you see in these packages are modified sine wave and will not run a microwave). A good 150 Watt Pure sine wave inverter will cost $150, and will run a decent sized TV and a DVD player.
You will need to change all lighting to LED.
We have 2 60 watt solar panels flat mounted on roof, and a 100 watt portable panel. Seldom need to run generator (has happened in a few densely wooded sites where there was NO solar to be had). We have a 2000 watt Honda inverter which was purchased before we got the solar panels, if I were to do again, would get the 1000 watt Honda; the difference in price would have paid for a lot of the solar, and wouldn't be so heavy to lug out of the storage bin.
Good Luck and Happy Camping,
Doug
You will need to change all lighting to LED.
We have 2 60 watt solar panels flat mounted on roof, and a 100 watt portable panel. Seldom need to run generator (has happened in a few densely wooded sites where there was NO solar to be had). We have a 2000 watt Honda inverter which was purchased before we got the solar panels, if I were to do again, would get the 1000 watt Honda; the difference in price would have paid for a lot of the solar, and wouldn't be so heavy to lug out of the storage bin.
Good Luck and Happy Camping,
Doug
