adding solar before trip
So I got a Renogy RNG-100D solar kit to get started,but I have a question,the wall in my 2007 Okanagan says it's prewired for solar what does that exactly mean to me. I have changed all the bulbs to L...
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Golden_HVAC wrote:
Your 'basic' load on the camper is 35 amp hours a day to run the refrigerator, CO detector and propane leak detector. This is about what your 100 watt solar panel will make on a good day. So don't be to surprised if the solar barely keeps up with the loads placed on it.
Yes the second panel will come in handy to keep it full. Yet even the 100 watt system will keep the battery full all the time if you have the Propane detector off, and refrigerator off. This really helps out and keeps the battery at it's full amp hour rating all it's lifetime. .
Fred.
That is some big draw, 35 ah....
My camper parasitic draw with the fridge running off of propane is an average of...
8ah... during hot weather.
But if I add up all the other stuff here would be my average/day
My tv pulls 4a when playing with a DVD. 2 hrs a day= 8ah
LED lights .2 amps each ... 2 on at night for 6 hrs = 2.5ah
Charge laptop and phones if needed... 2-4 ah. X 1 hr.. avg 3 ah
Heat would be the hog if you needed it... 7amps x 15 min run an hour. 4 hrs with heat = 7ah.. which I do not run because I have a Wave 3 heater.
So if I use all those things then I usually see between 15-25 ah/day.
100 watts from that Renology system is going to be right on the edge for my usage and probably yours.
It can work very well if you do not do TV and no Heater.
I have 200watts of solar...
Jim
