Save energy - longer time between charges
Seems like this is perfect for RVing! Save energy! 25 percent energy savings!
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Solar panels are a great idea, especially on RV's. But to say it will cut your electric bill by 30%, how can that happen?
A typical RV will consume 35 amp hours a day just to run the gas refrigerator controls, the CO and propane detectors. So that will not change regardless of how much energy you say by installing LED lights. It will only help someone who had been running a lot of old lights, and used say 100 Ah daily in lights, and now has that reduced to only 25 AH, but still total load would have gone from 135 AH to 60 AH, barely a reduction at all.
As for home solar systems, they can save a lot of money on your electric bill, especially if there is a higher cost for going over 1,000 KW per month, and they might charge $0.22 per KW over that limit.
For a RV, you can buy a 140 watt panel here for about $250. SunElec.com
Fred.
A typical RV will consume 35 amp hours a day just to run the gas refrigerator controls, the CO and propane detectors. So that will not change regardless of how much energy you say by installing LED lights. It will only help someone who had been running a lot of old lights, and used say 100 Ah daily in lights, and now has that reduced to only 25 AH, but still total load would have gone from 135 AH to 60 AH, barely a reduction at all.
As for home solar systems, they can save a lot of money on your electric bill, especially if there is a higher cost for going over 1,000 KW per month, and they might charge $0.22 per KW over that limit.
For a RV, you can buy a 140 watt panel here for about $250. SunElec.com
Fred.
