Interaction of Solar and Alternator
My camper has a single 100W roof-mount panel, which meets my power needs (2 @ 6V batteries) when the sun shines. However, when camping among trees for several days it is easy to consume 70 to 100 Ah ...
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One of my challenges is that that there are always parasitic draws, so it is difficult to get a true voltage. But I do have a Xantrex Link-Lite to tell me the flow of amps and amp-hours.
The other challenge is that drawing down 75 - 100 Ah is infrequent. Most of the time my max draw is roughly 20 Ah. Like I said, the 100W solar pretty much keeps up, except for those times when I'm in extended shade. I found it surprising that 5 hours of driving in full sun only restored 20 Ah. Hence my query re: interaction
The other challenge is that drawing down 75 - 100 Ah is infrequent. Most of the time my max draw is roughly 20 Ah. Like I said, the 100W solar pretty much keeps up, except for those times when I'm in extended shade. I found it surprising that 5 hours of driving in full sun only restored 20 Ah. Hence my query re: interaction
