Solar panel purpose on used motorhome
I purchased a used motorhome last winter and besides the fun of taking trips it has also been enjoyable to learn about the various systems and make numerous (of course) minor repairs and improvements....
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As others have stated, it most likely came that way from the factory as a trickle charge maintainer. (my '99 Class A has the same thing)
Normally the panel is about 12" square. When clean and new, a reasonable output expectation would be about 8 to 12 watts or at 12 volts nominal, less than one amp which is essentially, . . . . . useless for just about anything other than running a small transistor radio or charging your cell phone. Sorry but don't get your hopes up, you'll need a lot more panel area than that for any type of meaningful solar power generation.
Chum lee
Normally the panel is about 12" square. When clean and new, a reasonable output expectation would be about 8 to 12 watts or at 12 volts nominal, less than one amp which is essentially, . . . . . useless for just about anything other than running a small transistor radio or charging your cell phone. Sorry but don't get your hopes up, you'll need a lot more panel area than that for any type of meaningful solar power generation.
Chum lee
