โNov-05-2021 08:23 PM
โNov-15-2021 04:50 PM
โNov-15-2021 04:09 PM
Boon Docker wrote:
The OP responded on page 2 about the generator he decided on. And the argument about the pros and cons of solar goes on for another 6 pages.
That's funny!
:B
โNov-15-2021 10:31 AM
โNov-15-2021 01:59 AM
time2roll wrote:
95 and humidity I will have utility hookups and no generator running and will be very happy.
Grid goes down? Not going to carry a generator for that. Don't have one for my home either.
$10,000? You overpaid.
โNov-15-2021 01:55 AM
pianotuna wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
Can you throw $10k at a solar system and get part time air/con, sure but a lot simpler and more reliable to just get a generator.
Define part time.
I could run my roof air for more than 3 hours in 2009. Cost of the system to do so was less than $2000. Cost for panels and charge controller was $6.64 per watt. Now panels are well under a dollar a watt (lowest price I ever saw was $0.26 per watt). My battery bank was 7 marine batteries @ $700.00. They lasted 12 years. The inverter was a Cobra 2500 watt MSW but rated to run motors.
โNov-13-2021 04:05 PM
Skibane wrote:
The whole point of having a generator is so you don't have to make compromises like restricting yourself to campsites with full hookups in hot weather - or only staying in the RV at night to avoid daylight heat - or insisting on campsites with full sunlight exposure during peak solar hours.
If altering your lifestyle to accommodate your solar system's limitations convinces you that your system is practical and makes you happy, that's fine - Just don't expect the average RV'er to accept those same beliefs.
โNov-13-2021 02:24 PM
โNov-13-2021 02:12 PM
โNov-13-2021 12:46 PM
pianotuna wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
Can you throw $10k at a solar system and get part time air/con, sure but a lot simpler and more reliable to just get a generator.
Define part time.
I could run my roof air for more than 3 hours in 2009. Cost of the system to do so was less than $2000.00. Cost for panels and charge controller was $6.64 per watt. Now panels are well under a dollar a watt (lowest price I ever saw was $0.26 per watt). My battery bank was 7 marine batteries @ $700.00. They lasted 12 years. The inverter was a Cobra 2500 watt MSW but rated to run motors.
So that same system would be much cheaper.
In the meantime battery technology has also improved dramatically.
I do have a generator but my costs for generators since 2000 total over $12,000.00. One died, 2nd one was nearly totally useless, 3rd one was stolen, 4th is now in a security cage.
The generator that lasted the longest was number one, a Kipor with a 10 year life span. I did have to have it serviced locally twice for very little money. It was also the 2nd cheapest.
I use the generator extremely sparingly.
โNov-13-2021 11:36 AM
valhalla360 wrote:95 and humidity I will have utility hookups and no generator running and will be very happy.time2roll wrote:valhalla360 wrote:Many do have this curious obsession with air conditioning.time2roll wrote:Very true...you can't even hear the air/con blower going because it's not.
Solar panels... very quiet.
Hey if you are happy to sleep in 95F and high humidity, you are a better man than I.
Also, we have had park power go out in those conditions, so grid power is a far from perfect solution.
Can you throw $10k at a solar system and get part time air/con, sure but a lot simpler and more reliable to just get a generator.
โNov-13-2021 11:32 AM
valhalla360 wrote:
Can you throw $10k at a solar system and get part time air/con, sure but a lot simpler and more reliable to just get a generator.
โNov-13-2021 10:50 AM
valhalla360 wrote:time2roll wrote:valhalla360 wrote:Many do have this curious obsession with air conditioning.time2roll wrote:Very true...you can't even hear the air/con blower going because it's not.
Solar panels... very quiet.
Hey if you are happy to sleep in 95F and high humidity, you are a better man than I.
Also, we have had park power go out in those conditions, so grid power is a far from perfect solution.
Can you throw $10k at a solar system and get part time air/con, sure but a lot simpler and more reliable to just get a generator.
โNov-13-2021 06:25 AM
time2roll wrote:valhalla360 wrote:Many do have this curious obsession with air conditioning.time2roll wrote:Very true...you can't even hear the air/con blower going because it's not.
Solar panels... very quiet.
โNov-12-2021 05:41 PM