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VA-Apraisr
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Jul 13, 2017

Storing camper and want to keep batteries charged....solar?

My brother is selling his house and need to move my RV to a storage facility. I have 2-yellow Optima house batteries I use for boondocking at the beach. Usually, keep camper plugged up to shore power ...
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Lwiddis
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Jul 13, 2017
Solar panels on the roof would keep your house batteries charged in storage and recharge your batteries when camping. General rule is 1 solar watt for each battery amp hour. How many battery amp hours do you have? Generally runnng wire from the panels to the controller and then to the batteries is easy.

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