full time solar, maybe?
i have been thinking to go solar with my 29' Cougar 5th wheel. ok, maybe day dreaming would be a better term. i figure that i if i can make things run on a 2900W generator, why can't it work on a 29...
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shopping Amazon i see "kits" spouting 6 pieces of 195W panels to get 1000W.
my rudimentary math tells me that 2 kits gets me 2000W.
then remeasuring the slide out tells me i could not get more than 8 panels on this rack i am dreaming up. so everything is not as i planned already.
i still would prefer to stay off the roof. being a 5th wheeler, it is npt flat. and there are other obsticles up there. things like the AC, the Fridge vent, roof vents for the cabin, TV antennae.
so the roof is not my optimal location.
i have other locations on the sidewalls than the slide. but i need to learn more about RV construction to know how/where top mount anything.
and i would think any extra awning space would be a good thing.
my rudimentary math tells me that 2 kits gets me 2000W.
then remeasuring the slide out tells me i could not get more than 8 panels on this rack i am dreaming up. so everything is not as i planned already.
i still would prefer to stay off the roof. being a 5th wheeler, it is npt flat. and there are other obsticles up there. things like the AC, the Fridge vent, roof vents for the cabin, TV antennae.
so the roof is not my optimal location.
i have other locations on the sidewalls than the slide. but i need to learn more about RV construction to know how/where top mount anything.
and i would think any extra awning space would be a good thing.
