Recommendations regarding Solar Power
We are new to RVing and considering roof-mount Solar system both to keep the batteries topped off but also to run the A/C or uWave. I'm thinking about a 200 Watt system. I am concerned about where...
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What size batteries do you have? What do you really need to get out of your solar (now that you know that the AC is out of the picture). The microwave will run for seconds/few minutes without tons of battery but there is a big BUT.
Assuming you have 2 batteries: (2 group 24s, about 160 Amp Hours, 2 group 27s, about 200 AH, OR better: a pair of 6 volt Golf Cart batteries that will provide up to 240 AH) (If you only have a single house battery I would strongly suggest that you upgrade battery capacity.)
To start I would suggest a couple hundred watts of panels, a pair of 100W, or 120W or 130Watt or . . . ) And a controller AND WIRE that will allow you to upgrade panels perhaps to twice.
To keep the chassis battery and house batteries charged use a Xantrex Echo Charger or similar. There is a similar product that does the same thing but I can't remember the name.
These will charge the chassis battery whenever the house battery is above 13.0 volts IF the chassis battery needs charging.
Assuming you have 2 batteries: (2 group 24s, about 160 Amp Hours, 2 group 27s, about 200 AH, OR better: a pair of 6 volt Golf Cart batteries that will provide up to 240 AH) (If you only have a single house battery I would strongly suggest that you upgrade battery capacity.)
To start I would suggest a couple hundred watts of panels, a pair of 100W, or 120W or 130Watt or . . . ) And a controller AND WIRE that will allow you to upgrade panels perhaps to twice.
To keep the chassis battery and house batteries charged use a Xantrex Echo Charger or similar. There is a similar product that does the same thing but I can't remember the name.
These will charge the chassis battery whenever the house battery is above 13.0 volts IF the chassis battery needs charging.
