How much SOLAR?
Another kinda vague solar question... but it's about the best I can do. If a guy headed to southern Arizona in the winter months and wanted to have enough solar for a TV, travel trailer furnace, li...
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If one is considering parking facing the sun and putting a solar panel behind windshield, I found wattage was cut by slightly more than 1/2 through my windshield as opposed to resting at the same angle on top of it.
200 watts of portable altered to face the sun several times a day might be enough for you. The furnace fan is likely to be a big variable.
There are much cheaper battery monitor options recently available so one can know their actual use with some accuracy.
Even the best ones are not 100% accurate and still need regular rezeroing once the batteries are known to be truly full, to be in the 90's.
Its gonna be hard to have too much solar, and quite easy to have too little. Too much, means happier batteries and less stress. too little means worrying about every load and reaiming the portable panels more often.
200 watts of portable altered to face the sun several times a day might be enough for you. The furnace fan is likely to be a big variable.
There are much cheaper battery monitor options recently available so one can know their actual use with some accuracy.
Even the best ones are not 100% accurate and still need regular rezeroing once the batteries are known to be truly full, to be in the 90's.
Its gonna be hard to have too much solar, and quite easy to have too little. Too much, means happier batteries and less stress. too little means worrying about every load and reaiming the portable panels more often.
