Be Honest Now !
How many times have you heard the complaint "I WAS TALKED INTO BUYING WAY TOO MUCH SOLAR RECHARGE POWER!" ?
Forum Discussion
"It depends!"
We do not expect to be pure solar; the solar only varies how often we use the gen and charger(s). We get by just fine no matter how much sunshine we get in the so-called sunny half of the year.
On solar here from April to end of September, now into fourth year of doing this at the same off-grid campground site. With about the same AH usage it always comes out the same.
We could use more solar than we have from April to end June. We have too much solar for July-August. Could use more again in September.
Oct-March only do four days in a row in the woods (at different sites from our summer site) then go home. Don't even take the solar along as it would be useless.
On average, it turns out that about 220W of solar would be about right for 440AH of battery here in the "sunny" half of the year, ASSuming you have your generator and charger ready to go at all times.
The weatherman is running this whole thing, and he is a crazy person, not to be trusted.
We do not expect to be pure solar; the solar only varies how often we use the gen and charger(s). We get by just fine no matter how much sunshine we get in the so-called sunny half of the year.
On solar here from April to end of September, now into fourth year of doing this at the same off-grid campground site. With about the same AH usage it always comes out the same.
We could use more solar than we have from April to end June. We have too much solar for July-August. Could use more again in September.
Oct-March only do four days in a row in the woods (at different sites from our summer site) then go home. Don't even take the solar along as it would be useless.
On average, it turns out that about 220W of solar would be about right for 440AH of battery here in the "sunny" half of the year, ASSuming you have your generator and charger ready to go at all times.
The weatherman is running this whole thing, and he is a crazy person, not to be trusted.
