Please help me with solar setup
I have been reading a lot about solar on here and finally decided to take the plunge or come to the dark side as some would say. Sunny side makes more sense, but whatever. :) We do not use a lot of...
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Smyke wrote:
We do not use a lot of juice while camping. I currently have 2 6V GC batteries from Sam's Club. I believe about 225ah. All lights in the trailer have been changed to LED. During a long weekend (F to M) we typically use about 30 to 40% of the battery according to my voltmeter.
We also manage with no charging for four days on two batteries, discharging them down to 50% (12 volts) using just the fridge on propane, water pump, led lights and a little furnace in the mornings. That's about 80 amp hours at 12 volts. I installed a 100 watt Renogy kit with PWM controller last fall but we haven't had a trip with it yet. If I can get 10 amp hours a day out of it, we'll be able to boondock a full week.
I regret not installing a convenient switch on the panel to controller cable. The controller doesn't like having the panel connected when the battery is not, and makes a loud beeping alarm. This is a problem when parking at home - I like to disconnect the batteries when they are fully charged and now must disconnect the #10 wire on the controller.
