Solar in the shade
I mostly camp in wooded sites. Am I right in thinking that solar doesn't do much good in that case? My impression is that if part of the panel is shaded, the output of the whole panel drops pretty fas...
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waynefi wrote:TucsonJim wrote:
I set up a portable solar system on mine with 50 feet of cable. I can move the panel to a sunny spot when the roof is shaded.
Do you find a place within 50 ft that has sun most of the day, or do you move the panel during the day chasing the sunny patches?
Many places I camp wouldn't have any spot within 50 ft that has full day sun, and I'm often away from camp during the day.
I only found one campsite last summer in Pennsylvania where the tree canopy was so dense that we couldn't get any sunlight. We also couldn't get a satellite signal. We moved to another camping spot the following day.
