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jimh406
Explorer III
Apr 12, 2017

How much solar power do you have, wish you had?

I'm thinking again about adding solar to my truck camper. I generally don't need it, but still, it would be a nice to have to keep the batteries charged. I have LEDs and this would be mostly to char...
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Ski_Pro_3
Explorer
Apr 13, 2017
I'll answer the OP's question first, then go back and read if anyone already addressed it;


First, I have 240watts of solar feeding 2 6 volt batteries of 220amps each. It's plenty.

BUT...

I live and camp in California where there's probably 300+ days of sunshine a year. I would bet the same set-up in Seattle wouldn't find my solar generation plant to be adequate.

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