solar power for dry camping & cpap machine

time2roll wrote:
Really need six+ batteries to properly drive a 3000 watt inverter anywhere near the max.

I think 300 watts would be fine for what you describe as your camping needs. Maybe 200 to 400 watts solar.

If you want microwave, electric coffee, toaster, hair dryer etc you are looking at 2000 watt inverter, four+ batteries and 500+ watts solar. Or just add a Honda 2000 to the above.

If you want air conditioning and the rest you need 4000 watt inverter, 3000 watts solar, and a large lithium battery. All running at 24 or 48 volts. Or add a second Honda 2000 to the above.

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Dear Time2Roll,
I am ashamed to admit that I took two semesters of electronics in college, but I do not remember anything from them! I think I now see that I would need to generate around 3600 watts to power my 30 am cord/plug if I was to mimic what the power company provides using my solar panels. So my 200 or 300 watts of solar power is only going to give me around 2 or 3 amps of current, unless I save it up in the batteries. But panel/batteries they should power my cpap and laptops and I would only need a 800 watt inverter for that. If I want A/C I will need a generator. I can't tolerate the noise very long due to my chronic medical problems.

Thanks again for your help.