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.
I sure couldn't do that, but each case is different. 75-100 is 25% of 220AH or 55AH. 200w of solar flat would do about 11.5 amps mid- day in full sun. Beats me how you can replace 55 AH in one hour with 11.5 amps. Must have had a lot more time in the sun besides that one hour.
