Solar crunch time! Please review my plan.
I would like begin my first post with a big thank you to all who have shared their knowledge and experience on this forum. Without that, I probably wouldn't be entering the solar jungle! I hope yo...
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I had 210w (an 80 and a 130) up there on about 40 ft (one way distance) of #8 and I got full amps (5 plus 8 = 13) to the battery no problem.
We do just fine with 200 something watts and four batteries, so you would think with two batteries you could get by with half that! It is all about your daily AH usage, not about panel watts vs battery AH, which PT is always on about so you can equalize with the solar once in a while.
Just equalize with something else and then you can have a good set-up without so much solar. IMO a single 150 would be fine with two batteries and say a 60AH/day usage rate. A single 250 would do that if each day were half cloudy. So it is also about expected sunshine for where and when you camp.
We do just fine with 200 something watts and four batteries, so you would think with two batteries you could get by with half that! It is all about your daily AH usage, not about panel watts vs battery AH, which PT is always on about so you can equalize with the solar once in a while.
Just equalize with something else and then you can have a good set-up without so much solar. IMO a single 150 would be fine with two batteries and say a 60AH/day usage rate. A single 250 would do that if each day were half cloudy. So it is also about expected sunshine for where and when you camp.
