Solar discussion continued..
That thread appears to have been closed and I can't add additional information. Addressing this to time2roll...Thanks for your post. I have a better sense of things now. Agreed...just need to figure ...
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Do an energy audit by living for six days as though you were boondocking. But don't "stint" on the energy use. Just live as you wish to. Connect a kill-a-watt meter between the RV and the shore power. That will tell you how many watt hours of storage you need for a 3 day battery bank.
Once you know that, a solar system can be designed to meet your needs.
Boondocking without a generator needs to have enough reserve battery power for 3 days.
The rest is all off topic and quite frankly, blather.
Do an energy audit by living for six days as though you were boondocking. But don't "stint" on the energy use. Just live as you wish to. Connect a kill-a-watt meter between the RV and the shore power. That will tell you how many watt hours of storage you need for a 3 day battery bank.
Once you know that, a solar system can be designed to meet your needs.
Boondocking without a generator needs to have enough reserve battery power for 3 days.
The rest is all off topic and quite frankly, blather.
cannesdo wrote:
I don't plan very far ahead. I'm not very interested in generators as I'm not really interested in hauling and feeding it gas...or the noise. I doubt I will want to e that far out and away for very long. If I can come up with a really great solar system and a good battery bank then I think I would use it for short periods in cool places where I was out and about most daylight hours (national parks etc...)
