solar awning

I always want my solar production under tree cover. Make for a nice advertisement picture though, warm fuzzy feeling and green energy.

I'd be skeptical about longterm life of the in and out of the solar awning.

As I recall, Roadtrek was working with this a few years ago for their all electric Zion that was supposed to be able to run the A/C for 8+ hours off batteries which could then be recharged in 20 minutes with the high output alternator on the Sprinter chassis. Then they sold the company, got spun off the parent company, went bankrupt and eventually came back as a privately owned company when a French family which makes RVs bought the remains.

But it think before that electric Zion made it to market a LOT of the specs were changed to greatly lower expectations. The awning may have disappeared at that time.

Itinerant1 wrote:
warm fuzzy feeling and green energy.

Sounds good to me.

I think solar awning is not quite correct. The web site pictures do not suggest that the panels are flexible.

Got to be one heavy awning.

pianotuna wrote:
I think solar awning is not quite correct. The web site pictures do not suggest that the panels are flexible.

Looking at the add pictures again it appears that it folds accordion style and goes in the box/ holder on the roof edge.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

I wonder if this is real? There is no mention of price.

https://xponentpower.com/

It is indeed real.. HOWEVER.
They talk about "limitless off grid".. You may find it is not enough to fully power your rig especially if you need air Conditioning.

But it sure will help if you are paying for kilowatts.

solar awning= parking spot in the sun ideally facing south.

One, we prefer to park in the shade, use portable panels
Two: how many sites have the orientation to have the awning facing south?

yes, if it is flat as long as sun hits it you'll get power, but then I prefer the shade.

Looks like $7500 Link

Seems really rube-goldberg. Much better would be rooftop and maybe some small solid panels that can fold up on the back and driver side.

I've seen enough awnings go in wind storms, I see nothing that would avoid that and unlike a standard awning where you close it when you leave for the day, that would undermine the purpose of generating power.

Plus it doesn't function as an awning. There are openings between each sub-panel.