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Re: Help.. New to solar energy. . Dont want to get the wrong stuff
They are often used on sailboats in decent wind areas. Sailboats don't do 75 on interstates though so you would want to mount it in an easily demountable way (assuming your camper isn't par…1 · -
Re: Help.. New to solar energy. . Dont want to get the wrong stuff
Another way to approach this would be to get lots of battery for your loads and use both generator and solar to charge. The way batteries charge is the take max current up to about 80% full, then acc…1 · -
Re: Help.. New to solar energy. . Dont want to get the wrong stuff
@TheNewGuy The 35ah battery in the kit would run your loads for about an hour. The 180w of panel could charge a bigger battery, say 100ah if good sun, but that still won't work for your 4-6hr es…1 · -
Re: 7.2 chest freezer conversion problems
Looking for that inverter I found one on Amazon which seems to come with 7ga battery cables. At 12v you could be pulling 100a or more through those fairly light cables during the starting surge, espe…1 · -
Re: charging a second battery bank , with dump load from a pmw
I'm no expert on wind systems, but my understanding is that you need a "dump" load on a wind controller to avoid overspeed on the turbine in high wind and low charging load. This load …1 ·
