Portable solar for limited current draw
I want to be able to generate enough power to run my laptop and keep a couple of lights inside the RV lit. 1. Will a 100 watt portable solar array do it? Or will I need 200? (Let's assume that I'll...
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ohhell10339 wrote:
What's the easiest way to use the DC output of the panel(s) to light the interior of the rig (and maybe run things like a fan and/or the water pump)?
Likewise, what would be the mechanism I would use to charge the house batteries with the panels' output? Keeping in mind I want all this to be portable, so no permanent hard wiring.
I'm getting the impression you don't understand that it's not the solar panel that will be powering your 12 vdc devices but the trailer battery itself, with the solar panel used to restore depleted capacity to the battery. You haven't told us just which battery or batteries your trailer has but if it's just one then I'd choose a 100 watt - 130 watt folding, portable panel with a built in controller, the output of which can just be clipped to the battery terminals for use. For travel just fold it up and toss it on the bed. We don't normally dry camp ourselves but I may just do exactly this next season for those few times each season we find ourselves without shore power and I'd like to put some reserve back into the G31 AGM I'll be installing to replace my aging G27 flooded. :)
