Enough Solar for conservative boondocking?
Hey Guys, I looked for the "Dumb Questions" thread, but didn't see it, so I'll post my question here. I want to be able to boondock for 3-4 nights with my family of five on our 28 foot TT. I don't p...
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Mariner14 wrote:
What am I not considering?
Depending on night time temps especially, your furnace draw could be a lot greater than you anticipate. :E Do you know how to disable your fridge climate control system, saving a considerable amount of battery reserve? Have you added kill switches to disable unnecessary parasitic draws? And yes, you should change any interior lighting to use LED bulbs, even if you only swap out a few of the most used bulbs. What's your alternate solution to solar those days when the sun doesn't shine? And yes, absolutely with a solar panel of this size you need to use a charge controller.
