RV NET solar install?
Ricently purchased a new to us 07 Discovery with a full slide. Looking to full time in the NEAR future. Would like to start planning my solar install. I have a large 8x9 foof area over the bedroom th...
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BFL13 wrote:
Almot you know you shouldn't have said that since you don't know what matters or not in anybody else's situation.
I would imagine that in summer at Lat 33 tilt does matter much for people who don't have enough roof space to put more panels and don't use a generator at all. This wouldn't be an awfully large segment of solar RV population. The legendary Handy Bob would probably be in this league.
BFL13 wrote:
What you meant to say was that when the sun is higher in the sky tilting vs flat has less effect than when the sun is lower in the sky.
Yes.
BFL13 wrote:
in mid- May at 49.3N, with a 130w panel (8.2 amps aimed) I got 56AH/day with it flat, 70AH/day tilted up facing South
1.25 times increase with tilt. Though Lat 49 isn't really "South", and adding just one more 130W panel you would've doubled your daily harvest without any tilt. People that want solar to cover all or most of their needs, take efforts to maximize the panel area and minimize their energy consumption. 260W flat panel would provide for most of your needs - well, maybe not in BC and not your needs, but then, you are not living off solar. At Lat 27 my 500W flat panel collects more energy than I use in 24 hours, no matter what month. It can run anything but A/C, and for A/C I would need a generator or shore power, not tilt.
