Solar Sanity check (SSC?)
Fellow drivers of the Fonzie-Class RV, Hopefully sooner than later I plan on adding some boondocking worthy solar panels to the roof of my RV. I've done a ton of research, called a dozen or so comp...
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pianotuna wrote:
I there is enough solar, then running the fridge during the day is better as the it may draw the bank down for 20 minutes, and then the solar can recharge for 40 minutes. If 600 watts is used, then there may be little or no discharging of the bank for the shoulder hours from 2.5 hours before and after 'solar noon'.WAFlowers wrote:
As azrving noted it might be better to leave the inverter on and run the fridge all night. With the cooler overnight temperatures the fridge shouldn't cycle as often or as long as during the day.
Interesting thought. We did that once on a stop over in a rest stop after a good long day of driving. Batteries were dead by 4am I think. I don't remember if we had run the generator or not, but we had been driving (probably with the inverter on) for about 6 hours.
Brian
