Solar on a small TT
I'm looking at a small travel trailer (starcraft satellite 17rb) which is only about 20ft long. Roof is composite one piece without much of a flat area. One thing that I absolutely want on my next R...
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"Of course this has everything to do with solar when that solar is the means of recharging a high capacity battery bank capable of powering high draw devices. Good grief, one is useless without the other."
Nope. Running a microwave at 140 amps for 5 minutes uses 11.7AH. Peanuts!
Replacing that with solar (add 10% of course ) 11.7 + 1.2 = 12.9AH would take however long at whatever amps of solar. The thing being how much other stuff was done at high or low amps that ate AH that day?
My point is that the actual high amp draw for a short time is not much out of your daily usage. So how much solar you have has nothing to do with it. The big picture daily AH usage does matter for how much solar you need if you expect to replace those AH daily.
Nope. Running a microwave at 140 amps for 5 minutes uses 11.7AH. Peanuts!
Replacing that with solar (add 10% of course ) 11.7 + 1.2 = 12.9AH would take however long at whatever amps of solar. The thing being how much other stuff was done at high or low amps that ate AH that day?
My point is that the actual high amp draw for a short time is not much out of your daily usage. So how much solar you have has nothing to do with it. The big picture daily AH usage does matter for how much solar you need if you expect to replace those AH daily.
