Portable Solar Security

I went down that portable road before,....ain't nothing good about it IMO, except shade.

As far as security, if they want it, they can get it.

And if you knew how easy and maybe less expensive to bolt (or adheasive) a couple 3 panels on the roof, connect the controller to the battery, you wouldn't give portable another thought.

bdawson_goodsam wrote:
Thinking about a portable solar system for my small TT but wondering how to secure such a system? Seems like a bit of a target for theft.

The only way to be totally secure would be an armed guard 24-7-365.

When we were at Yellowstone a camper had it chained locked to the front of the trailer. I have a cable lock that we use,a lot of the time I lock it to the picnic table. Have never had a problem.

Never had a problem with our portable solar, if you take some safety precautions you should not have any problems. Keep in mind if someone wants it that bad they will find a way to get it, no matter what it may be ie. solar, generator, ice chest, camp stove, chairs etc. etc.

Just make your portable heavy enough and it becomes harder to carry off.

portable solar generator

that must be movable for storage
i would drive that way
it must fold or slide back somehow
but yes, hard to steal

MrWizard wrote:
that must be movable for storage
i would drive that way
it must fold or slide back somehow
but yes, hard to steal

If you are referring to my solar generator on the bed of my RAM, yes it is ready for travel as the picture shows.

When I get to where I'm going I can leave it on my truck or sit it down in the sun and park my RV in the shade. Here is how I load/unload.... I don't have a video of my unit being loaded/unloadedd yet, but my flatbed is a haybed normally used to load/unload round bales of hay. so this link is showing round bales loaded. The bottom of the solar generator has caster wheels so I push it forward against the headrack and strap it down. The panels do not fold up however they are hinged on the front side and I can tilt them to either 22 or 33 degrees.loading/unloading

Here is a picture of what it looks like from the front front view

I ain't worried....Had our 130 watt portable panel for pertnear 5 yrs now and the majority of the time it just sits out unsecured and it hasn't grown any legs ... yet. In fact when the 5er is sitting beside the house, the panel is resting against the pin keeping the battery charged and is not chained or cabled to the 5er. Don't worry bout it till it happens...then it's to late to worry

You read lots of posts about worrying that a portable panel getting stolen....I asked if anyone had one stolen or knew personally anyone who had one stolen...no one did!!