Air Conditioner can be run off batteries and inverter

dapperdan wrote:
Looks intriguing but who has that kind of money for lithium batteries? I'd love to give them (lithium) a try but too rich for my blood right now. Not to mention I live in the wrong part of the country for "serious" solar.

Dan

You live in a wonderful part of the country for solar panels in the summer!

As I recall, the sun comes up around 4 am and sets around 9 pm? That is a really long day in the summer time.

The solar panels will shade about 50% of your roof square footage not already covered by the A/C, roof vents, and other stuff. So you start out with more shade on your roof than the average guy parking near a tree. This will reflect away a lot of heat.

You really should be giving solar panels a try. Between May and October, they would work ideally in your area. And most of that time is camping season!

Check out prices here. SunElec.com They had a 140 watt panel on sale a few weeks ago for only $229. I paid $429 for my 120 watt solar panel in 1999, so the prices have fallen a LOT.

I figure that the $3000 that I spent on my inverter, batteries, controller, wiring, and such are well paid for by saving $10 a night for well over 300 nights during the first 5 years, and more than 600 nights while I was full timing from 2005 - 2013.

Good luck,

Fred.