Ready to get my feet wet with Solar power
Thought I would post my idea here and let the experts tell me what I am missing. First off, I own 2ea RV's. 1 is a gooseneck horse trailer with living quarters and the other is a bumper pull prowler....
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Hi tim,
Except the OP wants a full time situation--so he has to be self sufficient pretty much on a day to day basis. That means either *lots* of genny time, shore power, or solar. Solar is the nearest to the "free lunch" category, often being a "one time cost".
Except the OP wants a full time situation--so he has to be self sufficient pretty much on a day to day basis. That means either *lots* of genny time, shore power, or solar. Solar is the nearest to the "free lunch" category, often being a "one time cost".
timjcarter9 wrote:
With four 6 volt batts and what you're runnin you don't even need solar if you are out for under 5 days. My two 6 volts can do all that. Just run the genny for the microwave when needed. As was said running a microwave on solar puts you into a much more expensive system.
I run my TV on a 75 watt cigarette plugin inverter and have a 12 volt dvd plaer. Can run that for several days without charging.
Just sayin that you don't need to keep your batteries at 100% the whole time you're camping. For short trips just charge when you get home.
