New trailer solar project.
I will be switching from a fifth wheel to a 28' + travel trailer. I hate to lose the fifth wheel, even though it is older, but I am putting a boat loader in the back of the truck bed, so the back of ...
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mike-uswest wrote:
Thanks for the answers, the Grape controller sounds good. I think I will go with the PWM controller this time just to try one. My only thought was, in the times that there is no sun or little, the panels will usually pick up a little solar, and more panels should pick up a little more. I have had problems just a few times, elk hunting in the snow and clouds with heavy rain. I still have my little 1000 watt Yamaha in a push, but I don't want to have to use it if possible. Thanks again.
Mike
a bit of advice if your camping in oregon like we do. First, in the fall and winter if the panels are mounted flat, you will at best get about 50% of the rated power out of the panel due to the angle of the sun in the late fall and winter.
Then of course are the clouds. If you use portable panels, then you an tilt them to compensate.
late spring through early fall is much less an issue with the sun angle.
