This is what I do camping off the grid alot.
My 255AHs battery bank hold up good until 8AM each morning at the 50% charge state which I connect my 2KW Honda generator to the trailer shore power connections and use my PD9260C 60AMP Converter/charger setup to re-charge my battery bank to its 90% charge state so that I can do all of this all over again for the next day/run off my batteries..
My 50% charge state Depleted 255AH Battery bank demands around 53AMPs DC Current when first hit with the 14.4VDC Boost Smart mode charging which will taper back to around a 8AMPS DC CURRENT demand after one hour of charging. Normally I have to continue running my 2KW Generator another two hours to get my 255AH Battery back up to their 90% charge state...
I want to add enough solar panels to give me my 8-10AMPS DC Current to use in the high sun to use for my battery bank after the first one hour run with generator. This should save me two hours aday for running my 2KW Generator if I have High Sun... I should be able to get my 255AH battery bank to their 90% charge state using the solar panels after I get past the original High DC Current demand running the generator first...
I have always looked at the solar panels as battery chargers more than running them to operate appliances and lights by them self.
Thats my game plane at any rate... I have enough room on the roof of my OFF-ROAD POPUP for two 100WATTs solar panels installed on the front end of the POPUP ROOF and a larger panel across the rear end of the roof maybe as much as a 250WATT panel... My goal is to always have at least a 90% charge state on my batteries before I start using them each day...
This is almost like what you are wanting to accomplish but doing it in a different way...
LATER NOTE: I see NOW you are NOT interested in doing this as I have listed so disregard all. (All of your comments were posted while I was typing up my post...) Just showing how I would run my generator LESS when camping off the power grid...
Roy Ken
