Going solar
Am considering installing two extra batterys an a 100 watt solar panel a top our Lance 881 . What type of controller an monitor would be needed? Any suggestations on the size an make of the inverter n...
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reed cundiff wrote:
"...Do you really need that 120v appliance or can you do it with propane instead? (cooking, heating, making coffee, etc.).."
"If you have the solar and batteries, then why not. Elaine figures that it costs nothing (now that it is paid for) to use the m/w to make a cup of tea, defrost, cook and it doesn't heat up the place."
Exactly - if you have it. Quite a number of the repliers have impressive solar / battery installations that cost a lot more than the OP's. My point is it is easy to be wowed by other people's solar installations and assume you need the same (and that you need to spend $$$$ achieving that). That might be the case, but it might not. What I am saying is that before you spend thousands upgrading your solar then it is worth asking yourself first whether you do truly need that level of solar power. Many times I have been on the verge of spending a lot of money on something but on questioning my assumptions have realised that I could do without the thing in question for very little loss of function.
Steve.
