Solar window charger for two batteries?
Is there such a thing as a solar charger that can charge two batteries, swap to a safe float charge when done yet sit inside the RV? Or at least a battery tender that will hold the charge? The batte...
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afinepoint wrote:
My concern is summer storms and the panels being unattended. If the panel(s) can withstand high winds, rain, hail and wind driven debris I'm sold.
If you're talking about a UL listed solar panel then it had to withstand 1" hail at 70 MPH to gain it's listing. I've had a panel blow off the roof of my camper (it wasn't fastened, just lying there) in a wind storm. It landed face down 10' away and was undamaged. I've got a good friend who had a horse step on one and not damage it.
Those little "maintainer" panels are extremely expensive on a watts/dollar basis and they don't do much. A real panel with a good MPPT charge controller will keep your batteries up and provide some useable power if you're camping without a hook-up.
