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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I too would like to know what you consider a huge battery bank
We are NOT full timers but do go for a month or more at a time during the spring, summer and fall, no winters in the rig for us. For the past few years we have not been able to get the battery bank below about 65% SOC even with the 8 amp furnace blower motor running for hours in the evenings. The battery gets to 100% SOC typically by 11:00am this time of year and is only a meger 220amp/hr bank (two 6Vdc CG batteries). The 550 watts of PV array is more than a battery charger I consider it almost an unlimted power source during the daylight hours. It easily supplies the 40 amp draw from the compressed air system with no issues.
As you we do not run the microwave or the over head AC from the battery
We are NOT full timers but do go for a month or more at a time during the spring, summer and fall, no winters in the rig for us. For the past few years we have not been able to get the battery bank below about 65% SOC even with the 8 amp furnace blower motor running for hours in the evenings. The battery gets to 100% SOC typically by 11:00am this time of year and is only a meger 220amp/hr bank (two 6Vdc CG batteries). The 550 watts of PV array is more than a battery charger I consider it almost an unlimted power source during the daylight hours. It easily supplies the 40 amp draw from the compressed air system with no issues.
As you we do not run the microwave or the over head AC from the battery
