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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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DWeikert
Explorer II
Apr 13, 2017
400 Watts. Main power draw is the DC compressor fridge. Also have a Dish Tailgater, tv, laptop, tablet and phone. Then there's the furnace on those colder trips. Before the next trip I need to replace the 2 grp 31 batteries. I previously had 275 watts and that wasn't quite enough to top off the batteries unless I had a full day of full sun.

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