Gjac wrote:
If you dry camp most of the time would 2 6 volt batteries(220 AHS) and 2 hrs of generator time per day be enough to run a residential refer? Or would you really need 2 more batteries just to supply voltage to the refer and solar to keep the batteries charged?
A couple more batteries would be a good idea in that case, depending on what other loads you're using. Lights, water pump, other appliances on an inverter, etc., all contribute to the amp hour capacity needed for your situation. And more is better... Solar recharging is great since it costs nothing to operate and is of course silent. Solar is expensive up front though, so that needs to be weighed into the mix as well when deciding your generator/solar choices. We seldom boondock anymore, and when we do it's in an area where our onboard generator bothers no one except maybe the critters in the area, so running it is better in our case than solar as far as a cost/benefit ratio goes.
