What can you do with solar?

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

Please reply with what your solar system can do to enhance your RV'ing experience.

Please list the number of watts, Charge controller, inverter (if any) and amp-hours of battery bank

256 watts Unisolar in a parallel/series configuration input to charge controller 33 volts.

Blue Sky 3024 di

2500 watt Cobra MSW inverter

875 amp-hours of battery bank.

Allows me to operate the RV as if it were connected to shore power. The only high wattage item I do not run is the air conditioner.

Just curious...when I was connected to shore power back in the day, I sometimes operated the microwave for 30 minutes. My wife ran her hair drier on high for quite a spell, we never skimped on lights, ran the TV 12 hours a day, used electric heaters.....is this how you operate 'as if connected to shore power?' I am just saying that although we don't feel deprived, we sure don't operate like we were plugged into the grid....we are not NEARLY that wasteful.