Solar vs generator
Have a new 25 ft. Rockwood Mini-Lite TT with 2 batteries. We dry camp and want to know is solar panels worth a try? Unit is set up for solar but concerned that it will take a lot of time to bring batt...
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SoundGuy wrote:
IMO, K.I.S.S. applies to many more of us than forum solar pundits would care to admit. :W
pianotuna wrote:
What could be more KISS than a permanent flat solar install on the roof? It has just been there and worked since it was installed.
Without the system I'd be forced into expensive campgrounds one night out of every four to recharge the battery bank. Call it $25 (or $2281 per year).
Which illustrates my point exactly - how many of "you" are out there full timing on dry sites compared to those of us who use our campers for recreational transient camping, also most of whom would choose to pay a few more $ per night to camp on an electric site when there's the choice? 1%, 2%, 5% ??? - regardless of the actual number a very tiny percentage of the total number of recreational vehicle owners. This same issue repeats itself ad nauseam here on the forums constantly - advice from the very few to go whole hog on whatever the subject may be (in this case solar vs generator) when in fact for the vast majority of users a much less costly approach (such as an additional battery, perhaps augmented with a portable 100 watt solar panel) would serve the purpose just fine.
Tiresome. :R
