Solar or generator for older camper?
I have an 89 Lance camper and plan on dry camping with my wife and toddler daughter. I'd like to know people's opinions on adding solar versus plopping the dough on a Honda Generator. I'd ultimate...
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It guess it depends upon what you expect out of your RV. If one wants their RV to be ready for anything at anytime, then they have to have the equipment choices on board their rig to provide for good flexibility.
In our case, relative to electrical energy on board our RV, that approach means we must have a source of power on board capable of keeping us cool in extreme heat and/or humidity and a source of power on board capable of topping up the main battery bank without the sun ... just in case we can't predict or control when or where we wind up camping. We don't want to be limited in how we camp, as life's too short for that.
As an example of equipment flexibility, one of our generators in the RV has a simple knob for optimizing it's performance at all altitudes ... just in case we want to camp up high.
In our case, relative to electrical energy on board our RV, that approach means we must have a source of power on board capable of keeping us cool in extreme heat and/or humidity and a source of power on board capable of topping up the main battery bank without the sun ... just in case we can't predict or control when or where we wind up camping. We don't want to be limited in how we camp, as life's too short for that.
As an example of equipment flexibility, one of our generators in the RV has a simple knob for optimizing it's performance at all altitudes ... just in case we want to camp up high.
