Solar or Generator??
We are going to have some short boon-docking trips (3-4 days). I do not know my actual energy needs right now, but the DW and I are conservative when it comes to water and power. I really just want ...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi BFL13,
I'd be quite happy to go to that park or one like it such as the Provincial Park at Fernie, BC. I'm sure I could manage for two weeks. All it takes is a system designed to fit the conditions.
That system would have to be really something!
At approx. 35F raining some days, we went through 160AH a day of which at least 80 was furnace.
Up to you to explain how you would survive in the woods like that with solar only---I just don't believe the math can possibly work out.
Mind you, there were some IMO strange (ie young) people with pup tents and just a car camping there too while we were using up the 160AH in the trailer. Big tarp stretched from tree to tree to keep the rain off. Must use the girlfriend in the sleeping bag as a way to keep warm! :)
