New RV Owner with power(solar) questions.

PSW wrote:
I recently installed a Renogy system I bought from Amazon just like you had in your link, except it was the system with only one 100 watt panel, same controller. We boondocked for two weeks and were parked in partial shade most of the time and it did a reasonable job of keeping our batteries up (we have two 12 volts). I was pleased how well it did and frankly a little surprised but it obviously needed a little more juice because of our amount of use.

So, I have on order another panel and will add it next week, giving me 200 watts total. With that, we can boondock in partial shade and stay charged just fine, based on our experience with the one panel. The controller is criticized on the Amazon site by some buyers. All I can say is it worked just fine for me. The main criticism is that the wires don't stay tight in the controller. The screw that tightens the wire in each entry point operates a gate type slide which closes on the wire. I suspect many people are just sticking in the wire and turning the screw and may in fact not be securing the wire properly because they didn't have it all the way into the gate before turning the screw. Examine it closely under a good light before you wire it up and you will instantly see what I mean and I don't think it is a problem.

Paul

Good to hear you had a positive experience with it! We won't be running TV's or microwaves. Just outlets and water pumps, and such. You have 2- 12v batteries...can I assume that's more power than me getting 2 deep cycle 6v batteries?