BFL13 wrote:
Turns out that solar, by getting you to a higher SOC most days, lets you camp forever :)
Somewhere in there what we do for loads (microwave, toaster, kettle, TV, furnace, etc) is also covered by solar to some degree keeping the lowest SOC we get to from being lower. This reduces the amount of battery charging needed, allowing the highest SOC to be higher.
Yes. Solar lets you - quietly - keep the low SOC from getting lower, feeding the loads directly. This is how you can arrive to SOC 90+ by the evening. If you kill your many AC devices - which you easily can - it will get better yet.
