kowbra wrote:
Can you help me understand why you say this is a small setup? Also, can you help me with the math on what you mean by "much better for $20k"? And, no sarcasm intended, I really do want to know.
Just one note though, no one should pay MSRP, and most are seeing selling prices of about $15k, which is what I was quoted...
Brad
I edited my post with more details.
For scale, I have 3kW of solar panels and the equivalent of 1800AH LiFePO4 (at 12V, but mine is running at 48V) and I know of at least a few people with even larger systems. Even at basically triple the solar and triple the battery, running the factory rooftop AC units (even if they were the Mach units) for extended periods of time would never work. Their marketing - I think more than anything - is what bugs me. You can make the math work with mini-splits, which is what they should be looking at to accompany this sort of thing - New Horizons has started shipping units with them and a few DIYers have gone that route.
I've seen a couple fifth wheels approach 4kW, which I may go for in the future as I have the room. I also know of one person who put a full 85kWh bank of Tesla cells (my bank is 22.8kWh, for comparison) in a Prevost bus, but I wouldn't ever trust those cells in an RV or recommend them to others.
As for Dragonfly/Battleborn, I know several people who are happy with them.
