Solar Requirements - Confirmation
I'm taking a 3 month mountain biking trip through British Columbia this summer. Most of the time will be spent camping at National/Provincial parks without access to electric. When I really break it d...
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Boon Docker wrote:
Your power usage is basically the same as what we use. We spent 1.5 months on Vancouver Island (west side) a couple years ago. Camping in the big cedars at various campgrounds.
I have 200 watts of solar (roof mounted) and 220 ah battery bank (2-6v). At each campground we were among big cedars and got maybe 1 hour of direct sun daily.
The battery bank never went below 75 percent SOC and was always back to 100 percent by late afternoon. No generator usage.
Thanks for the real world example.
Seems like I'm not that far off with my solar estimates and it's possible in similar conditions. Though I definitely need to work on the generator back-up.
