270w solar world panels
I have a buddy that can get these panels for very cheap thru his home solar co. I wanted to know if these type panels are worth installing on my fifth wheel. I checked the internet and the voltage ...
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We can go off grid for two weeks in a row max with no solar. However, our religion allows the use of a generator to run a battery charger every second day for two hours at a time. That is not much gen time in a week.
With no solar, "progressive capacity loss" from doing 50-90s every second day gets so bad we can't get through the night by then, and we need shore power for a couple days to do a "recovery" on the batts to get them back to baseline SG.
Solar (230w for us) now lets us go for five summer months in a row off grid no sweat, including the odd gen time if the weather is bad.
So based on that I still say the OP can get by with no solar for a week and with a little solar he could do very well for that week. Assumes he has at least a 1000w gen and a 45amp charger or similar. More gen and charger is better.
With no solar, "progressive capacity loss" from doing 50-90s every second day gets so bad we can't get through the night by then, and we need shore power for a couple days to do a "recovery" on the batts to get them back to baseline SG.
Solar (230w for us) now lets us go for five summer months in a row off grid no sweat, including the odd gen time if the weather is bad.
So based on that I still say the OP can get by with no solar for a week and with a little solar he could do very well for that week. Assumes he has at least a 1000w gen and a 45amp charger or similar. More gen and charger is better.
