Solar Questions
I'm interested in adding solar power and lithium batteries to our trailer, but I'm getting lost in the weeds. For starters I calculated what I think would be our worst case power need (without u...
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BFL13 wrote:
Inverter time does add up. 10 minutes of MW at 125 amps is 21AH. Add some movie time 3 hours at 8 amps is 24 AH.
We do pig out on 12v stuff. I read somewhere that the average RVer uses about 50AH a day.
Furnace time!
Ah, see I don't use the microwave when dry camping, and my TV/dvd is under 2amps. we started out with a tent trailer with two "car batteries" then went to a trailer where I put the four 6v batteries on it and converted everything to "power efficient" versions and the habit has carried on with the 5th wheel. with the trailer (no solar) I could go camping for a week in the Island winter on 475 amp hours, with the 5th I am not sure now as I have 480 watts of solar and I have never seen the batteries down when I go to bed in the evening. haven't taken the 5th winter camping yet though as we live in Kamloops now, but I have done late September in mid Alberta and in Banff with no power concerns.
Steve
