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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TomG2 wrote:
OP: The question is, "Do you want to go camping or become a solar hobbyist?"
I have a friend who travels full time and uses a fifty watt portable unit to replenish his battery between visits to full hookup campgrounds.
On the other hand, some like to diddle with switches and monitor usage and output every few minutes. They will never have "enough" solar or gadgets.
I go with the former.
Believe me, I'm not a gadget person. Everything inside my RV, and the RV itself, is a means to an end. It's not a hobby, it's not something to finker and tiddle with, and if I never have to take it apart, modify it, fibulate it, renoberate it, or flammulate it, that's just great with me.
That's why I like the idea of a portable solar unit. I won't have to "install" it, "configure" it, or "adapt" it. The existing gauges inside the coach will do fine for monitoring the house battery level. I'm not going to be running an entertainment center or a rotisserie grill. I just need some watts so I can run my laptop and see what I'm doing, as I'm not crazy enough to pay some clown $65 a night for a concrete slab with an electrical plug and a water spigot.
