Should I install a solar panel on the roof?
I am researching the possibility and feasibility of installing a solar panel on the roof of my Jayco Seneca 36MS 37' Class C RV. When dry camping would a solar panel allow me to use the tv or 1 air co...
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One 100 watt solar panel is about the same as running a small 10 amp battery charger, but only when the sun is shining, and only if the panel is always pointing at the sun.
A single panel on the roof will be inefficient, because it will seldom be facing directly into the sun, therefore it will be like even a smaller than a 10 amp battery charger.
IMO, if you are going w/ just 1 panel, and you have a place to store/haul it, I would use it as a portable panel, then you can move it a couple 3 times a day, making it much more efficient.
Fixed panels on the roof are great, providing you have more of them.
Would I dare say that 1 portable panel, could put out nearly the same as 2 fixed panels on the roof, in a days time ?
A single panel on the roof will be inefficient, because it will seldom be facing directly into the sun, therefore it will be like even a smaller than a 10 amp battery charger.
IMO, if you are going w/ just 1 panel, and you have a place to store/haul it, I would use it as a portable panel, then you can move it a couple 3 times a day, making it much more efficient.
Fixed panels on the roof are great, providing you have more of them.
Would I dare say that 1 portable panel, could put out nearly the same as 2 fixed panels on the roof, in a days time ?
