Solar charging a plugin hybrid car
I have read most of the solar and li battery threads but have never seen how they would ever be cost effective in the way I camp. Having said that I was wondering if solar panels on top of a MH be eff...
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A Tesla model 3 is about 250 Wh per mile. For every 250W panel you would get about one mile per hour of sun (assuming full output). With flat mounted panels and losses it is probably more like 0.7 miles per 250W panel per hour. Assuming you could put about 2500W of solar on the roof, that would be 7 miles per hour of charging, or 28 miles in 4 hours of driving.
Given how incredibly energy inefficient a motor home is, I am not sure there would be much point to this.
Given how incredibly energy inefficient a motor home is, I am not sure there would be much point to this.
