What can you do with solar?
Hi, Please reply with what your solar system can do to enhance your RV'ing experience. Please list the number of watts, Charge controller, inverter (if any) and amp-hours of battery bank 256 ...
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I look weak, but with only 21 feet of travel trailer, and not much TV, my needs are nowhere as great as those with DW and her hairdryer or inability to flip something off (well, maybe me, if I really get her mad enough) to conserve energy.
Went with all LED lights.
22" TV with fridge in propane mode and antennae amplifier on draws 3.9 amps in 12v.
I rarely have to run the heater with a fan here in So Cal.
120 Amps of Solar Blvd portable with PWM charge controller, I am getting a yield of 6.6 Amps at 34* North in mid November.
Currently running on a 10 month old 75 A/hr group 24 that will be replaced with some 6v golf cart version of battery at 210 -225 AH, depending on what it weighs.
175W inverter, just to run the 120V TV at night.
Going to build some sort of LED lamp with a magnifying glass of sorts for enough light to tie flies by at night off the battery, instead of having to run a generator.
I doubt that once I get the gc-2 6V batteries, that I'll be going through more than 45 or 50 A/hrs a day. Closer to 30 or 35 is my guess.
If I go over, or need to run the A/C or microwave, have the Honda Eu2000i. If I have to run the Generator first thing in the morning to play catch up on battery state of charge, I'm going to let 'er run for 1/2 hour or 45 minutes first to bulk charge, then brew some coffee in the electric brewer instead of the French press on the stove.
Do not know if I'll need a different charge controller yet to replace my crappy WFCO 8955... sometimes I think another solar panel with just two GC 6V batteries might be a better use of my money, add another 100 to 120 Watts and get a controller that handles 15 or 20 amps with a PWM feature, maybe a Morningstar SL20-12
Time on the water fly fishing and then tying flies finds me sometimes short of time to want to cook a meal when an occasional TV dinner can be fixed in 6 minutes, allowing more flies to be tied up. Got the Gennie for that, think I can handle the noise for 7 or 8 minutes for a hot dinner of sorts out of the microwave.
Yeah, it's simple, but I'm a KISS type of guy, trying to keep it basic. That's not to say my needs won't change as I gain more dry camping experience.
To every one of you that has answered a question of mine, I wish to express my gratitude of your sharing your extreme knowledge on power systems for camping in some sort of comfort with a few ammenities. I've no fear now of needing a set of hook ups at a trailer park. Some semblance of self sufficiency feels mighty good about now.
Went with all LED lights.
22" TV with fridge in propane mode and antennae amplifier on draws 3.9 amps in 12v.
I rarely have to run the heater with a fan here in So Cal.
120 Amps of Solar Blvd portable with PWM charge controller, I am getting a yield of 6.6 Amps at 34* North in mid November.
Currently running on a 10 month old 75 A/hr group 24 that will be replaced with some 6v golf cart version of battery at 210 -225 AH, depending on what it weighs.
175W inverter, just to run the 120V TV at night.
Going to build some sort of LED lamp with a magnifying glass of sorts for enough light to tie flies by at night off the battery, instead of having to run a generator.
I doubt that once I get the gc-2 6V batteries, that I'll be going through more than 45 or 50 A/hrs a day. Closer to 30 or 35 is my guess.
If I go over, or need to run the A/C or microwave, have the Honda Eu2000i. If I have to run the Generator first thing in the morning to play catch up on battery state of charge, I'm going to let 'er run for 1/2 hour or 45 minutes first to bulk charge, then brew some coffee in the electric brewer instead of the French press on the stove.
Do not know if I'll need a different charge controller yet to replace my crappy WFCO 8955... sometimes I think another solar panel with just two GC 6V batteries might be a better use of my money, add another 100 to 120 Watts and get a controller that handles 15 or 20 amps with a PWM feature, maybe a Morningstar SL20-12
Time on the water fly fishing and then tying flies finds me sometimes short of time to want to cook a meal when an occasional TV dinner can be fixed in 6 minutes, allowing more flies to be tied up. Got the Gennie for that, think I can handle the noise for 7 or 8 minutes for a hot dinner of sorts out of the microwave.
Yeah, it's simple, but I'm a KISS type of guy, trying to keep it basic. That's not to say my needs won't change as I gain more dry camping experience.
To every one of you that has answered a question of mine, I wish to express my gratitude of your sharing your extreme knowledge on power systems for camping in some sort of comfort with a few ammenities. I've no fear now of needing a set of hook ups at a trailer park. Some semblance of self sufficiency feels mighty good about now.
