Renogy solar?
I can get 100 watt RV system through Amazon complete with 10 amp controller, mounting brackets and cables for $229 delivered. Anyone know anything about this company? Thanks......DJ
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DesertDave100 wrote:harold1946 wrote:pianotuna wrote:
Hi DJ,
I have no generator and no intentions of getting one. It is entirely possible to design a solar system for even a truck camper that will essentially eliminate generator use. It is a one time cost.
That has to be a truly amazing solar system you have. I have never seen a system of any type that can essentially go for an unlimited amount of time without the need for an alternate means of charging the battery bank if there is not enough sun.:B
You should patent and market that system, it would be an industry first.:S
I respectfully disagree. I have 'only' 100 watts, but in 5 years I've never plugged in my camper to any 120V source, home or generator, and the batteries have never been below maybe 12.35 volts, even on an extended winter trip in the shade. I store it under a big ole' walnut tree so it's well shaded from May through November. But this is in Califormia, not Canada. So I have never had to 'winterize' it either, since below freezing conditions never last for more than 12 hours or so.
You must also have never been in a place where it was totaly overcast and rained for a week.
I have a 735 AH battery bank and 645 watt of solar and could never say I have not found situations where the genny was needed. I guess if I never used an appliance, furnace, lights. But I suppose one could use the engine alternator to charge the battery bank instead of a genny, and boast of never needing one, but in essence that would be using an alternate energy source.
