Whom Of Us Boondocks 14-days Or More At A Stretch?
I mean on a regular basis? Vacations like... Trying to get an idea of whom is whom...it helps. SOLAR or GENERATOR?
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2 to 3 weeks at a stretch, when possible. AZ,Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon.
Run EU2000i Honda generator and 30 amp Mega Watt to a 150 AH AGM telecom surplus battery that weighs 105 pounds, has very thick plates, and won't charge much faster than 20 amps/hr at 14.4V, only when it's not going to be a sunny day, or winter time, sometimes if high clouds in the desert all day. Run generator maybe an hour, 2 hours if really dark and gray and not getting much from the solar panel.
A normal 24 hr period for me is 35-55 amps drawn off the 150 AH single AGM battery. Depends on which heater I run, Oly CAT 3 with cracked vent and window for fresh ventilation, or factory force air unit, and how much TV I watch, but most of my equipment is power miser stuff... LED's, 24" LCD TV that draws 18-22 watts, depending upon volume. Water pump and heater are the big sucks for amperage... Showers and the air being warm when I get out of the shower. I prefer to shower once the sun is up and out and pumping amps back into the battery.
Otherwise, it's a 150W 12V solar panel with a PWM charge controller set at 14.4V that makes about 8.5 to 9 amps, 5 or 6 hours out of the day in the winter, portable, chasing the sun 3 to 4x a day, re aiming as necessary, if I am around to do so. Or it gets laid flat on a piece of astroturf, aiming straight up into the sky, if it gets windy, so it won't blow over and fall or break.
21 foot travel trailer, what's a pedestal or hook ups?
Run EU2000i Honda generator and 30 amp Mega Watt to a 150 AH AGM telecom surplus battery that weighs 105 pounds, has very thick plates, and won't charge much faster than 20 amps/hr at 14.4V, only when it's not going to be a sunny day, or winter time, sometimes if high clouds in the desert all day. Run generator maybe an hour, 2 hours if really dark and gray and not getting much from the solar panel.
A normal 24 hr period for me is 35-55 amps drawn off the 150 AH single AGM battery. Depends on which heater I run, Oly CAT 3 with cracked vent and window for fresh ventilation, or factory force air unit, and how much TV I watch, but most of my equipment is power miser stuff... LED's, 24" LCD TV that draws 18-22 watts, depending upon volume. Water pump and heater are the big sucks for amperage... Showers and the air being warm when I get out of the shower. I prefer to shower once the sun is up and out and pumping amps back into the battery.
Otherwise, it's a 150W 12V solar panel with a PWM charge controller set at 14.4V that makes about 8.5 to 9 amps, 5 or 6 hours out of the day in the winter, portable, chasing the sun 3 to 4x a day, re aiming as necessary, if I am around to do so. Or it gets laid flat on a piece of astroturf, aiming straight up into the sky, if it gets windy, so it won't blow over and fall or break.
21 foot travel trailer, what's a pedestal or hook ups?
