Harvesting Solar
Please see signature for list of equipment installed and in use. We are currently sitting for 2 weeks in a RV Park in Goodyear, AZ with included electric. I was curious about just how much solar p...
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2oldman, no, they don't tilt. Hence why I only got 1014 watts from 1600 watts of panels, then there is also shading from the A/C units, etc. About a month ago, I saw a motorhome with the panels mounted over an A/C unit - nice way to avoid shading.
Itinerant, we also do LP water heater when boondocking. Our killer is the fridge. At night, with a couple LED lights on, TV, & fridge, the draw is 18-20 amps. That puts us in the 460-480 ah neighborhood for 24 hours. Add in a little more for microwave, furnace blower this time of year.......
Since we would lose around 100ah per day, I guess we could go 8 or 9 days before the need of a generator. I unplugged again today and drew the batteries down to 83% SOC with fireplace, AC water heater and microwave. We are currently at 90% SOC with 69 amps from panels and 53 amp going into batteries. At 1:35 PM local time, the max solar was 1159 watts. 3.13 kwh so far.
Itinerant, we also do LP water heater when boondocking. Our killer is the fridge. At night, with a couple LED lights on, TV, & fridge, the draw is 18-20 amps. That puts us in the 460-480 ah neighborhood for 24 hours. Add in a little more for microwave, furnace blower this time of year.......
Since we would lose around 100ah per day, I guess we could go 8 or 9 days before the need of a generator. I unplugged again today and drew the batteries down to 83% SOC with fireplace, AC water heater and microwave. We are currently at 90% SOC with 69 amps from panels and 53 amp going into batteries. At 1:35 PM local time, the max solar was 1159 watts. 3.13 kwh so far.
