Off grid power 101
Hey all Long time rv'er but never but never a dry camper. As time goes on the more I want to try or even get into it more but first I would need to set up the fifth wheel do so. I understand the ...
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Oasisbob wrote:
I looked into solar but did not feel it penciled out for us.
We generally dry camp as long as possible till the tank is full also.
But everyone is different and that is why reading everything you can find will help you decide ahead of time what is right for you.
I installed 540 watts of solar and have been very happy. Even in cloudy weather it keeps batteries charged. IF we were heavier users of a/c appliances and had a big inverter, I would add another panel and 2 more six volt batteries. We carry a generator but never use it. Keep it with us only in case we have to move early in the morning after running the furnace at night. In that situation, it is possible that the slide would not want to come in if the batteries were not close to full. Has not happened yet, but we still carry the generator.
It is really nice to not have to think about the batteries or to deal with running the generator. But that is just us. As I said above to the original poster, read and learn all you can. I started from zero and got to the point where I successfully installed our solar from scratch all alone after getting advice from AM Solar on the best components currently available to do what I thought we needed.
