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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azrving wrote:
Frig may warm up more than you plan on. Each time mine is turned back on it does a defrost.
My resi uses about 75 AH per day. I was running on four GC2 with a gas fridge, LED bulbs, 42 in led television, fans etc and did fine on 520 watts tilted.
When I went to the 10 cu ft resi I added 480 watts of panels and two more GC for six total. It can pretty much carry itself but we usually run the Genny in the am for coffee maker so some of the heavy amps are going back in.
Your fridge warms up overnight or while it's in storage?
Dang, yeah I'll have to check on the size of my fridge. It's the one that came with the RV but I don't know what size it is. 480W just for the fridge...that's something to make note of for sure.
We do coffee with a press, and breakfast (my kind at least) is cooked outside typically so mornings are pretty low power for us. Probably not a bad idea to kick on the generator though.
