Who has Solar/ what controller/panels?
I read about MPPT vs PWM.. OK I understand.. But cost wise and from what I read here on this site, is a 250watt 24V panel from solar blvd and a PWM 30 amp controller is a cheap option. $170 fo...
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We have 3 X 75 Watt PV Panels on the Roof and a 4th 80 Watt Panel that We sometimes set up at Our Base Camp wherever that happens to be?
The Motorhome has 4X 6 Volt Golf Cart Batteries wired to provide 12 Volts ,which supply plenty of power to the House. Most of the Lights are LED there are also some Flourescents that are seldom used so have not been converted! The 32 " Smart Television ,Blu-Ray Player,Satelite Receiver and Bose Sound System run off the Original Invertor. The Refer and Water Heater are typical 2 Way RV Units. The Genset is a 7.5 KW Onan Quiet Diesel.
We have Boondocked for up to Six Weeks at a time and have never run short on Either Electricity or Propane.we seldom run the Generator when Dry Camping depending on the Solar Panels to keep Us topped up!
A typical Evening Is spent watching TV , just as We do in Our Stick House! Or if We are entertaining , a Game or two of Cards . We don't particularly watch what Our Energy Usage is ,even though it is easy to monitor on the Tri Metric Display !
We have been spending Our Winters in Mexico and the South Western USA so there is no shortage of Sunshine.
The Morningstar Controller is set to provide 14.8 Volts peak and will charge those Batteries to 100 % in just a few Hours.
Water levels in the Batteries do require monitoring so I keep a gallon or two of Distilled Water on hand to top up from time to time.
Like so many RV related subject , a little Common sense goes a long way in managing the On board Systems!
The Motorhome has 4X 6 Volt Golf Cart Batteries wired to provide 12 Volts ,which supply plenty of power to the House. Most of the Lights are LED there are also some Flourescents that are seldom used so have not been converted! The 32 " Smart Television ,Blu-Ray Player,Satelite Receiver and Bose Sound System run off the Original Invertor. The Refer and Water Heater are typical 2 Way RV Units. The Genset is a 7.5 KW Onan Quiet Diesel.
We have Boondocked for up to Six Weeks at a time and have never run short on Either Electricity or Propane.we seldom run the Generator when Dry Camping depending on the Solar Panels to keep Us topped up!
A typical Evening Is spent watching TV , just as We do in Our Stick House! Or if We are entertaining , a Game or two of Cards . We don't particularly watch what Our Energy Usage is ,even though it is easy to monitor on the Tri Metric Display !
We have been spending Our Winters in Mexico and the South Western USA so there is no shortage of Sunshine.
The Morningstar Controller is set to provide 14.8 Volts peak and will charge those Batteries to 100 % in just a few Hours.
Water levels in the Batteries do require monitoring so I keep a gallon or two of Distilled Water on hand to top up from time to time.
Like so many RV related subject , a little Common sense goes a long way in managing the On board Systems!
