Whom Of Us Boondocks 14-days Or More At A Stretch?

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?

Small Honda 1000 generator to recharge batteries. I will add solar later this summer.
It doesn't matter if we have hook ups or not. But we do have to dump gray and get more fresh after about five days. We might go 14-days without hookups, but DW likes hookups.

Hi,

I did not have a generator for five years. I relied on 256 watts of solar. That was enough to meet my needs for boondocking for 2 weeks. I usually ran out of fresh water before I ran out of power.

To be fair, I'm not much for staying in one place, so I'd factor in some charging from the engine alternator. The battery bank was fairly large at 875 amp-hours (when new) I used my rv between 50 and 100 days per year. The longest trips were 30 days.

We do 14 day stays in AZ during the winter on the BLM.
225 watts of solar.
To keep the lights, the TV, and the satellite internet on during the night, I run a 1000w Honda 5 hours a night.

our normal time off any hookups is 5 to 6 days. This is with some water saving but not a lot. if we can get water, we can easily double the time off the grid.
we have solar panels and a generator for recharging our batteries.
we can go 10 to 12 days without sewer if we have an outhouse or whatever.

We average 2-3 weeks in one location then move to another location all summer long. Longest run was 36 days before moving to a different location. Use generator just for microwave and AC and 200 watts of solar for battery charging.

We spend Jan, Feb & Mar in the desert SW. Mostly off line.
A little generator in the morning and then let the solar panels finish up.

Richard
95 Bounder
F53

10 days to two weeks is our normal summer trip as often as we can get out there. Sometimes we are down just long enough to reload.

Solar but we have the generator just in case.

Our winter trip this year we were unplugged 80 out of 112 days. On a few rainy days we used a generator but most of the time it was solar only and with a 2000 watt inverter the wife can use her hair drier in the morning. Our longest stay was 21 days in the foothills of Yuma, AZ.

Boondock 2 - 3 times a year for that period of time.
Summer in Adirondacks for 2-3 weeks
Then on way to Arizona I beach boondock the Texas coast
Going north boon dock the Louisiana coast.
Smaller boondocking time on Natchez trace and COE, National forests
NO solar genny only