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So lets get this straight..
Mo, do you mean a daily allowance or maximum draw at any given time ?
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Slightly off topic (apologies) but I was watching a Place in the Sun the other night and a couple of the houses they were looking at were off grid with Solar panels on the roof and I wondered how day to day living was in this respect. I know that in many respects it will be similar to living full time in a motorhome with banks of batteries, standby generators, Gas for fridge, cooking, heating, etc. 12v for lighting, TV etc. But what about Satellite, Broadband, Vacuums & other things like that, do they use an inverter? Anyone any personal experience of living in a house off grid like this??
I had meant the message to say "How long"?"Anytime"...
If you went and stayed at a site, Could you manage if only 8 amps was supplied with EHU.. ??
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No problem, that would be AMPle!If you went and stayed at a site, Could you manage if only 8 amps was supplied with EHU.. ??
No problem, that would be AMPle!
Slightly off topic (apologies) but I was watching a Place in the Sun the other night and a couple of the houses they were looking at were off grid with Solar panels on the roof and I wondered how day to day living was in this respect. I know that in many respects it will be similar to living full time in a motorhome with banks of batteries, standby generators, Gas for fridge, cooking, heating, etc. 12v for lighting, TV etc. But what about Satellite, Broadband, Vacuums & other things like that, do they use an inverter? Anyone any personal experience of living in a house off grid like this??
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Solar panels fitted on a building generate 230v or the local equivalent so you don't need any special appliances. A big enough bank of them and you will more than cover normal domestic requirements without restricting your usage.
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True but an 8A supply would allow for 1kW heating at least along with charging etc so gas would top that up as needed. A constant 1kW goes a long way towards keeping the van heated. Possibly half or more of your heating requirement.Its not amps that limit you, its Lpg, we could last indefinitely on 4amps, but would run out of gas after 5-7 days depending on the outside temperature.
Ian
True but an 8A supply would allow for 1kW heating at least along with charging etc so gas would top that up as needed. A constant 1kW goes a long way towards keeping the van heated. Possibly half or more of your heating requirement.
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Indeed. No hook-up would meet that needYou jest 1 Kw in my Rv? The yanks don't do insulation, they just fit big heaters, my blown air is 30,000 Btu's. A 3Kw heater is only just over 10,000 Btu's, in the mild winters we have in Suffolk, that's enough, in the Pyranees in winter? No chance, got to use gas.
Indeed. No hook-up would meet that need
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