Outlets Off while Boonedocking
My wife and I are gearing up for boonedocking, and we just discovered that none of our outlets in the trailer work when not connected to Shorepower. Aside from a generator, what alternatives to we ha...
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LongOverDue wrote:
I hoped that 1 outlet would have already been designated to work for a short time with an inverter, Bfast54. Thanks for your help. We Hope to go solar to recharge.
The other obvious question is what did you plan to plug into that one 120v outlet? If it's a high draw item like a coffee maker or toaster, then even a pair of 12v batteries won't do you much good unless you have a good system for recharging them. A single 100 watt solar panel will do nothing more than maintain them or replace minimal usage, and then only if you have lots of direct sun. Solar becomes useless when it's cloudy or you are parked where trees block the sun for much of the day. Depending on what your overall boondocking plans are, a generator is the only sure way to be certain of getting a good charge AND being able to use the 120v outlets, and a 2000 watt inverter is the least you would want.
The end message is that boondocking takes a different mindset. Conservation and minimalism is an important key to success.
