OK... full-timers ! question about solar !
I would really like to know..... if anyone is full timing and using ONLY solar. i realize that it takes alot of batteries and alot of solar panals and you have to have the right vehicle to accommodat...
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We don't full time yet but I'm setting up for at least snowbirding. We have 750w that will be mounted and 675 Ah of battery and we are pigs with the power. lol
On good days the system will run a small air conditioner while the batteries are in float. We boondock for up to two weeks at a time high in the Rockies so the need for A/C is limited. The rest of the time we use up to 200 Ah a day cooking and watching Tv and such. The power lets us use the trailer more like a cabin.
Most of the time it is cloudy by mid day so the system can deal with short sun hours and even cloudy weather where it can pull down up to 25 Ah at mid day. That and the bank will cover us for quite a cloudy spell. Even longer if we cut back on some of the big loads. I'd rather have the furnace running than the coffee maker.
On good days the system will run a small air conditioner while the batteries are in float. We boondock for up to two weeks at a time high in the Rockies so the need for A/C is limited. The rest of the time we use up to 200 Ah a day cooking and watching Tv and such. The power lets us use the trailer more like a cabin.
Most of the time it is cloudy by mid day so the system can deal with short sun hours and even cloudy weather where it can pull down up to 25 Ah at mid day. That and the bank will cover us for quite a cloudy spell. Even longer if we cut back on some of the big loads. I'd rather have the furnace running than the coffee maker.
