Question about Solar ....
FIRST... let me say i know NOTHING about solar... except that its costly. lol Is anyone using solar with an A frame trailer ? i know its expensive but if its possible... i want to consider it fo...
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Hi JustADrifter,
You need to know what you want before you walk in the dealer/installer's door. Insist that panel(s) be installed where no roof top items shade them.
Have you done the energy audit yet? Once that is done then you can start sizing the system. If that is too much bother, then go for 150 watts of panels per 100 amp-hours of battery bank.
If you want every erg of power from the system consider MPPT. MPPT requires thicker wire, to work at maximum efficiency. Otherwise pwm is quite effective, and so long as the ampacity of the wire is high enough for the maximum output, wire thickness doesn't matter much.
There is amsolar which has a lot of folks who like them. Expect the system to cost double what a DIY would.
You need to know what you want before you walk in the dealer/installer's door. Insist that panel(s) be installed where no roof top items shade them.
Have you done the energy audit yet? Once that is done then you can start sizing the system. If that is too much bother, then go for 150 watts of panels per 100 amp-hours of battery bank.
If you want every erg of power from the system consider MPPT. MPPT requires thicker wire, to work at maximum efficiency. Otherwise pwm is quite effective, and so long as the ampacity of the wire is high enough for the maximum output, wire thickness doesn't matter much.
There is amsolar which has a lot of folks who like them. Expect the system to cost double what a DIY would.
JustADrifter wrote:
Yes i was thinking about solar with regards to a battery setup. how else are you going to manage when there is no sun. its a question then of keeping the batteries charged up.
thanks for all the information. does anyone have someone to recommend who can do a great job on a solar set up ... if thats what
i decide to do ?
i would be spending most of my time in the southwest and would have no problem going to someone wherever he is.
as far as a fridge goes... i may just have to get an ice chest. lol
i'll have to see about that. the 6 day model sounds like a good idea.
