100w portable solar report
Yesterday March 8 we had full sun here at Roosevelt Lake, AZ. My two Group 27 batteries read 12.52v at the start of the day, measured at the batteries with the Turnigy WattMeter. I used it to collec...
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Hi Snowman,
I'm glad you are reporting results and that it is working well for you.
Whereas if I sized my system down to yours I would have had ~2.7 amps in your shady location. That's enough to cover parasitic loads. Further, during travel time, if the batteries were "hungry" I'd have 6.6 amps going into the bank (sized to match the 100 watts you have).
Set up in the rain? With portable, no one is going to bother. But roof top there is no set up.
I love it when the solar system actually sends power "backwards" to the engine on my class C.
I'm glad you are reporting results and that it is working well for you.
Whereas if I sized my system down to yours I would have had ~2.7 amps in your shady location. That's enough to cover parasitic loads. Further, during travel time, if the batteries were "hungry" I'd have 6.6 amps going into the bank (sized to match the 100 watts you have).
Set up in the rain? With portable, no one is going to bother. But roof top there is no set up.
I love it when the solar system actually sends power "backwards" to the engine on my class C.
Snowman9000 wrote:
I didn't bother because we were on the move.
