Solar Panels - worth it?
We are looking at a Roadtrek that has solar panels. We have never used them and don't know how they work. For those of you who have them, do you find them useful? Would you buy them again or would you...
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There are quite a number of us with "excess" solar power and battery bank that permit us to do just about anything without hookup or generator. It is a question of attitude and life-style prerogatives. Got together with another boondocker near Glacier and his system is similar to ours: he has 1200W of solar and 1200 ampdhours of PbS (14 kW-hours); while we have 1420W of solar and 9.6 kW-hours of LFP.
This permits up to 3.5 hours of AC (down 50% DOD and can go down to 80% with no problems), micro-wave, heating pads, etc. A Class B could easily fit 700 W of solar. 4.8 kW-hours of LFP would only weigh 125#. LFP costs have dropped 30% in the year since we purchased ours. First class panels are about 50 cents/watt
Reed and Elaine
This permits up to 3.5 hours of AC (down 50% DOD and can go down to 80% with no problems), micro-wave, heating pads, etc. A Class B could easily fit 700 W of solar. 4.8 kW-hours of LFP would only weigh 125#. LFP costs have dropped 30% in the year since we purchased ours. First class panels are about 50 cents/watt
Reed and Elaine
