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RJsfishin
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Feb 02, 2014

Self Sufficient on Solar? Something Not Right !

I'm happy w/ my small 200 watt solar, but it dawned on me the other day that if the sun hangs in here as long as I do (here in QZS) I will have saved a whole $60 of gasoline I usually burn in my Honda...
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EsoxLucius
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Feb 03, 2014
The 15,000 BTU air conditioner in my RV is also a heat pump. Hence, large battery and solar banks and a 4000 watt inverter likely would be required. Perhaps 1000AH of LifePo4 batteries at $13,000 would do the job for several hours.

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