campn4walleye
Aug 16, 2013Explorer
now researching solar power
Hello All,
Just came back from a 4 day dry camping trip. I'll try to post a report when we get pics downloaded. It was a great time in a wonderful cg.
Our power level stated it was in the "good" range, but DH was worried about enough power to raise the jacks. As it turned out, he was right. They would raise an inch and then stop. We do not have a genny. Thank goodness for the boat! He runs 2 batteries in it for the trolling motor and they had enough charge left to raise the jacks.
Our friends use solar panels that they got from a home/garden store for $100. Not sure about watts. Besides reading the old threads regarding solar...where should I start? Our unit is solar ready, whatever that means.
We have a luggage rack on our roof. DH would like to affix the panel to it somehow in a way that it can bevel toward the sun. Is this feasible?
Anyway, I guess solar is in our future. Will it keep the batteries fully charged? We try to be frugal with our power, so I was surprised that this happened, as we have 2 grp 27 batteries.
Any insight or experience is appreciated. Will start reading everything I can, so that I can have a good starting point.
Just came back from a 4 day dry camping trip. I'll try to post a report when we get pics downloaded. It was a great time in a wonderful cg.
Our power level stated it was in the "good" range, but DH was worried about enough power to raise the jacks. As it turned out, he was right. They would raise an inch and then stop. We do not have a genny. Thank goodness for the boat! He runs 2 batteries in it for the trolling motor and they had enough charge left to raise the jacks.
Our friends use solar panels that they got from a home/garden store for $100. Not sure about watts. Besides reading the old threads regarding solar...where should I start? Our unit is solar ready, whatever that means.
We have a luggage rack on our roof. DH would like to affix the panel to it somehow in a way that it can bevel toward the sun. Is this feasible?
Anyway, I guess solar is in our future. Will it keep the batteries fully charged? We try to be frugal with our power, so I was surprised that this happened, as we have 2 grp 27 batteries.
Any insight or experience is appreciated. Will start reading everything I can, so that I can have a good starting point.