Solar with Lithium Battery
I will be purchasing a Battle Born lithium battery in a month or so. My truck camper came with a solar charge controller, inverter and I can simply drop the new battery in place of the lead acid one b...
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HMS Beagle wrote:
100W is a little light but not nothing. I have 200W and without any measures to conserve electricity (refer on, furnace on, lights on, computer charging), I can camp indefinitely with no other charge source. By 10 or 11 AM the batteries are recharged and the controller has switched to float. With 100W it would be mid afternoon. Obviously if you park in the deep shade, things are different.
I live in Colorado we get ~ 300 days of sunshine a year. I'm only looking to be off grid 3-4 days. I also have a Predator 2000 watt generator in a pinch. I bought the generator to run the A/C which works fine as long as the microwave is off and refrigerator is on propane.
What I'd like to run for a few days would be MUST have: Indoor LED lights, pumps for water, fans and occasional charging for phones/iPads. Nice to have: TV, Stereo, Awning Lights.
The carbon monoxide detectors always stay on along with the Stereo backlight and TV LED.
I appreciate all the posts.
