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- 204 watts Kyocera panels at 22 degrees latitude. Until the sun emerges for 20 minutes from the parota shade output is 3.1 amperes. Then about 190 watts available until it is shaded again. Temp inside goes from say 83 degrees to 85 and stays there until 8PM or so. In full sun the temperature would exceed 100F.
Shade driven lifestyle down here. That and jack-in-the-beanstalk vegetation. A 15 foot square garden patch yielded over 100 canteloupe in four months with intensive gardening technique. Around garden edge 2' fish net stretched taut. Two 3' stringers running parallel to sun's track.
Even better stage 1, a quiet neighbor -- stage 2, no neighbor. I can lock the generator shed. I would need a fifty thousand dollar fence to protect it's equivalent in solar panels, and a guard. No thankee. pnichols wrote:
I'm not impressed with tremendous solar capacity somehow dragged along on the roof of a huge RV and it's trailer or set up at an RV camping site with a lot of effort.
What impresses me is tremendous built-in out-of-site solar capacity that inconspicuously goes right along with an RV where it's needed most way out in the middle of 4X4 nowhere.
This is the kind of solar capacity that impresses me - you just gotta figure out how to pay for it: https://earthroamer.com/xv-hd/
(Otherwise, bring along a built-in generator fed by a big fuel tank! ;) )
Excessive as those may be if I have to have a neighbor near by I'd rather have a loud solar system than a "quiet" generator.;)- As I have found out, per the Savannah post, the panels provide electricity when it is light out. So as long as its not dark out, something is being generated. So even in the rain forest there will be something. Probably nowhere near full output, but there will be output. We dry camp as much as wet, and so far, with 5 of us, my set up does ok for us. The 3 different weeks we were out, we only ran genny once. It was 80 plus degrees and raining hard, so we sat inside in the ac and played board games....
- I'm not impressed with tremendous solar capacity somehow dragged along on the roof of a huge RV and it's trailer or set up at an RV camping site with a lot of effort.
What impresses me is tremendous built-in out-of-sight solar capacity that inconspicuously goes right along with an RV where it's needed most way out in the middle of 4X4 nowhere.
This is the kind of solar capacity that impresses me - you just gotta figure out how to pay for it: https://earthroamer.com/xv-hd/
(Otherwise, bring along a built-in generator fed by a big fuel tank! ;) ) - You Bet'Cha !!!
I wish MY world was this simple :) - 3420? 4500? now we are talking SOLAR :B
- I was camped near this camper in south Florida last winter. 12 x 285 watt panels for a total of 3,420 watts:
- That is quite the setup for sure. Now that's camping in style and swimming in power.
- Title This:
"When There Is No Petroleum" :) - I have solar envy LOL!
