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pinesman wrote:
....snip...... We do not normally dry camp when it is too hot and the small inverter we have is just to watch tv maybe an hour a day. Thanks.
โApr-20-2019 02:10 PM
pinesman wrote:
All of our lights have been replaced with LEDs, we take short showers, and do not use the furnace. The two fantastic fans are the biggest power users we have. For those of you with a similar setup, can I get by with one 100 watt panel to just keep the batteries up or is that just a dream? We do not normally dry camp when it is too hot and the small inverter we have is just to watch tv maybe an hour a day.
pianotuna wrote:
If I were the OP, I'd set a budget--and then buy the greatest number of watts of panels with a temperature compensated charge controller that has enough capacity to allow me to expand the solar harvest.
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profdant139 wrote:
More info for the OP: For whatever it is worth, we have a 120 watt portable panel. It keeps us fully supplied with electricity for many days at a time. (This is for two people.)
But we are minimalists -- no TV, no music, careful use of electric devices. We run the furnace only at shower time in the evening -- the furnace is a big energy hog.
For us, the goal of camping is not to replicate the relative luxury of being at home. Instead, it is to listen to the silence, to be reasonably comfortable, and to be as far from other people as we can get.
But everyone has a different style of camping, so (as always) your mileage may vary!!
โApr-19-2019 09:27 AM
profdant139 wrote:
More info for the OP: For whatever it is worth, we have a 120 watt portable panel. It keeps us fully supplied with electricity for many days at a time. (This is for two people.)
But we are minimalists -- no TV, no music, careful use of electric devices. We run the furnace only at shower time in the evening -- the furnace is a big energy hog.
For us, the goal of camping is not to replicate the relative luxury of being at home. Instead, it is to listen to the silence, to be reasonably comfortable, and to be as far from other people as we can get.
But everyone has a different style of camping, so (as always) your mileage may vary!!
โApr-19-2019 09:19 AM
profdant139 wrote:
More info for the OP: For whatever it is worth, we have a 120 watt portable panel. It keeps us fully supplied with electricity for many days at a time. (This is for two people.)
But we are minimalists -- no TV, no music, careful use of electric devices. We run the furnace only at shower time in the evening -- the furnace is a big energy hog.
For us, the goal of camping is not to replicate the relative luxury of being at home. Instead, it is to listen to the silence, to be reasonably comfortable, and to be as far from other people as we can get.
But everyone has a different style of camping, so (as always) your mileage may vary!!