Battery drain
Another rookie boondocking question. DW and I are in the midsts of a 5 night boondocking trip at a state park in Northern Maine. We have a Champion 3100 Inverter / Gen and my wife is getting really ...
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Lwiddis wrote:
"invest in a quiter generator, it'd be thousands cheaper."
$1,135 for a 600 solar watt kit isn't "thousands," Wing zealot. It's one thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars. I don't mind anti-solar people but be accurate on prices.
https://www.renogy.com/renogy-600-watt-24-volt-monocrystalline-solar-starter-kit-w-mppt-charge-controller/
X2 on the anti solar people, and yes there are draw backs to solar. And yes I carry a generator on every trip, even though I have a 400 watt Renogy eclipse Premiom kit $1150 4 6 volt golf cart Bat. $600 2000 watt inverter/charger (OPTIONAL) $600 Thousands "YES" a little over $2000 and I still carry a generator (I'M SURE YOU WILL SAY) but we jut returned home yesterday from a 10 day stay at the beach in Sonoma County Ca. Fog, clouds and sun but not the best solar charging conditions. Guess what 10 days my wife two 10 year old and one 5 year old grand kids and me, we only needed the generator one time for a frozen meal the kids wanted so we used the generator for about 20 minutes to run the microwave. We watched a lot of kid movies used the the microwave for popcorn (That's why I have a 2000 watt inverter/charger) but the meal for 15 or 20 was a bit long four our battery bank. Ok sorry for the RANT but I use to be one of the people that ran a generator most of the day trying to recharge DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES. But not anymore and it doesn't break the bank to go SOLAR and if installed correctly you will rarely need the generator.
Mel
