Solar Rv awning -- does it pencil out?
Great idea, but at ten thousand dollars for a thousand watts, I'm not sure it is worthwhile for me: Article
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If I were entering data on that spreadsheet, I would need a separate column for an intangible cost: the noise and smell that accompany generator use.
I have a Honda 2000 and almost never use it (except at home when "exercising" it during routine maintenance). For us, silence and the smell of the forest are both very valuable -- we live in the dense suburbs of Southern California, and escaping that environment is one of the reasons we go camping.
That's especially true since we are avid boondockers.
So how to quantify that variable?? I don't know. The Honda is a "sunk cost" -- we have to have it in case the sun does not shine and our panel does not produce juice.
I have a Honda 2000 and almost never use it (except at home when "exercising" it during routine maintenance). For us, silence and the smell of the forest are both very valuable -- we live in the dense suburbs of Southern California, and escaping that environment is one of the reasons we go camping.
That's especially true since we are avid boondockers.
So how to quantify that variable?? I don't know. The Honda is a "sunk cost" -- we have to have it in case the sun does not shine and our panel does not produce juice.
