Brakers
LIFE MEMBER
OK guys and gals go on give me a headache.
I want to be as self sufficient power wise on the camp as much as possible as I intend to stay at sites and wild camping without electricity. Let’s just leave it at that for the moment. I have just purchased a motorhome and picking it up next Friday Hooray, outdoor world here I come, so look out.
I would preferred to of purchased a motorhome that encompassed every facility I desired in a van, but not being Richard Branson and having to buy a second hand mortohome there was always going to be a compromise which is normally down to money, although if I were Richard Branson I would be in a Hotel.
This thread is about power when parked up, please don’t go down the genny route as that might be another thread at a later date and also I don’t want to start a thread war.
I have read a bit about Solar panels and there seems to be various types of manufacture out there, not sure which one is best if any but I’m not particularly looking for links to sites that sell them and have info on them I’m looking for motorhomers who have had them fitted or fitted them, themselves and used them quite extensively during the year and what make they are using also how long they have had them and if the output of the cells have dropped. End user use for me is much better than any sales blurb.
I also was thinking is it really possible to run 240v appliances for a reasonable amount of time in this country with an inverter with the lack of sun and weather we have especially in the Autumn or early Spring. Also how many appliances, now hold on, you techy chaps, before you leap in to tell me you will need to know the draw of the appliance also the inverter makes a difference if full sine wave inverter or the other one which I can’t remember the name, also the Amp of the battery or batteries etc the list goes on. So again this is for you good people who have the experience doing this and if you gave up in the end for lack of Sun etc in this country and took the solar panels off to reduce weight or some other reason.
There we are that should give me enough brain ache to start with.
I await your interesting replies, I realize this is not a straight forward question and there’s more than one road into London, so while I’m about it I want to thank all who endeavour to answer this question.
Many Thanks Tony
I want to be as self sufficient power wise on the camp as much as possible as I intend to stay at sites and wild camping without electricity. Let’s just leave it at that for the moment. I have just purchased a motorhome and picking it up next Friday Hooray, outdoor world here I come, so look out.
I would preferred to of purchased a motorhome that encompassed every facility I desired in a van, but not being Richard Branson and having to buy a second hand mortohome there was always going to be a compromise which is normally down to money, although if I were Richard Branson I would be in a Hotel.
This thread is about power when parked up, please don’t go down the genny route as that might be another thread at a later date and also I don’t want to start a thread war.
I have read a bit about Solar panels and there seems to be various types of manufacture out there, not sure which one is best if any but I’m not particularly looking for links to sites that sell them and have info on them I’m looking for motorhomers who have had them fitted or fitted them, themselves and used them quite extensively during the year and what make they are using also how long they have had them and if the output of the cells have dropped. End user use for me is much better than any sales blurb.
I also was thinking is it really possible to run 240v appliances for a reasonable amount of time in this country with an inverter with the lack of sun and weather we have especially in the Autumn or early Spring. Also how many appliances, now hold on, you techy chaps, before you leap in to tell me you will need to know the draw of the appliance also the inverter makes a difference if full sine wave inverter or the other one which I can’t remember the name, also the Amp of the battery or batteries etc the list goes on. So again this is for you good people who have the experience doing this and if you gave up in the end for lack of Sun etc in this country and took the solar panels off to reduce weight or some other reason.
There we are that should give me enough brain ache to start with.
I await your interesting replies, I realize this is not a straight forward question and there’s more than one road into London, so while I’m about it I want to thank all who endeavour to answer this question.
Many Thanks Tony