Solar power

BFL13 wrote:

352 wrote:
Brief scenario. Small slide in pop up camper. LED lights (4). 12 volt water pump. 12 volt furnace fan on occasion. Florida. Gas stove. No carbon monoxide or gas detectors hard wired. I have 9 volt battery operated ones. No water heater. I plan on being in the woods for several days at a time. I am wanting an education on solar panel chargers. My research tells me I could use between an 18 to 30 watt panel with a controller to do what I need and keep a charge on the battery. Battery is marine with 50 AH. I also have a diesel which means I have an additional back up which I prefer not to use but will in
emergencies only. If you have a solar system you are happy with please further educate me on the brand that you have.

50AH battery with usual story of not going below 50% unless desperate, means you have 25AH to play with daily. This might be enough (average camper is said to use 50AH daily-- might be true)

You can get enough solar to replace 25AH daily assuming sunny days every day. If it is cloudy one day, the battery is too small to get you through till the next sunny day. Florida is supposed to be sunny

Ok, so how much solar to replace 25AH a sunny day? At least an 80w panel or bigger if price is close to the 80w.

A controller to run up to a 100w panel would be a "10 amp" which costs under $25 (eBay has dozens to choose from)

As soon as the OP discovers inverters so he can watch TV, all this goes out the window of course! :)