Camping freezing night temps...talk to me
Hubby and I prefer boondocking to anything else and we have done a lot of it. We are exploring staying in higher elevations where it would get down lower than our 29+ degree comfort range (mine mostl...
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"Does 200 watts do much? Do these go on roof or get propped outside when we land (like what we have now from BLM)?"
Donna, my solar panels are installed on the roof. No set up or theft issue but portable panels can be bigger producers when RV is in shade. General rule is 1 solar watt per battery amp hour. Most of us do slightly more. I'm 300 watts for 240 AHs. Last 21 days out I only exercised the generator once...5 minutes. 200 solar watts should give you 8 to 9 amps until your batteries reach absorbtion then it doesn't really matter what you can produce. They'll accept less and less to float.
Donna, my solar panels are installed on the roof. No set up or theft issue but portable panels can be bigger producers when RV is in shade. General rule is 1 solar watt per battery amp hour. Most of us do slightly more. I'm 300 watts for 240 AHs. Last 21 days out I only exercised the generator once...5 minutes. 200 solar watts should give you 8 to 9 amps until your batteries reach absorbtion then it doesn't really matter what you can produce. They'll accept less and less to float.
