Solar with a residental fridge
All, I have a question about solar panels for my new (to me) RV. I have a 2016 Thor Outlaw Gas Class-a. I have three main concerns regarding power when not plugged in and not running the generator ...
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My previous RV has a residential fridge
600+ watts of solar, 675 amp hrs of battery bank
For storage ONLY! , 100 watts will work
But to power the fridge and house hold power
200w is not enough, you will run the generator a lot
Remember even though you have many days of sun
Winter is still short on the number of hours of sun per day
The fridge runs day & night, you use lights , tv etc.. At night
To rely on solar, you must have enough to recharge the over night use, while still supplying, daytime power to the fridge etc..
And it has to do this during the five hours of good nearly overhead sun you get per day
I would get at least 600 watts of solar and three pairs of GC batteries aka 6*6v
Or some equivalent of 600 ampHrs of battery bank
AGM batters are a good choice
600+ watts of solar, 675 amp hrs of battery bank
For storage ONLY! , 100 watts will work
But to power the fridge and house hold power
200w is not enough, you will run the generator a lot
Remember even though you have many days of sun
Winter is still short on the number of hours of sun per day
The fridge runs day & night, you use lights , tv etc.. At night
To rely on solar, you must have enough to recharge the over night use, while still supplying, daytime power to the fridge etc..
And it has to do this during the five hours of good nearly overhead sun you get per day
I would get at least 600 watts of solar and three pairs of GC batteries aka 6*6v
Or some equivalent of 600 ampHrs of battery bank
AGM batters are a good choice
