Munchie
LIFE MEMBER
Hi, just back from a week away at a non hook up site with our new solar panels. Rather than report how many amps I was getting I have kept a log of our usage and weather conditions. Hope it is of use.
Day 1
Weather:- 1/2 and 1/2 sun and cloud.
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 4 hours
Lights:- 2 hours.
Day 2
Weather:- Rain all day
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 5 hours
Lights:- 4 hours.
Laptop:- 1 hour
Tom Tom recharged:- 2 hours
Day 3
Weather:- Rain all day
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 4 hours
Lights:- 2 hours.
Laptop:- 1 hour.
Phone charged:- 3 hours
Day 4
Weather:- Rained till 1400 then sunny.
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 5 hours
Lights:- 2 hours.
Laptop:- 2 hour.
Day 5
Weather:- Sun and cloud
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 5 hours
Lights:- 3 hours.
Laptop:- 1 hour.
Day 6
Weather:- Rain all day
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 5 hours
Lights:- 2 hours.
Laptop:- 1 hour.
Phone charged:- 3 hours
Phone charged:- 2 hours
Givens.
Water pump as required for two people sowers washing up etc
Electronics for fridge and gas alarm etc
Setup.
Two x 120 batteries
Two x 80 solar panels.
As you can see the weather was the pits yet batteries remained fully charged.
Am I chuffed? You betcha, best money we've spent on the motorhome. Be interesting to see how they do when the days are much shorter.
Many thanks to Mark of C.L.S. :thumb:
BTW all equipment is 12v no invertors were used.
Day 1
Weather:- 1/2 and 1/2 sun and cloud.
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 4 hours
Lights:- 2 hours.
Day 2
Weather:- Rain all day
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 5 hours
Lights:- 4 hours.
Laptop:- 1 hour
Tom Tom recharged:- 2 hours
Day 3
Weather:- Rain all day
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 4 hours
Lights:- 2 hours.
Laptop:- 1 hour.
Phone charged:- 3 hours
Day 4
Weather:- Rained till 1400 then sunny.
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 5 hours
Lights:- 2 hours.
Laptop:- 2 hour.
Day 5
Weather:- Sun and cloud
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 5 hours
Lights:- 3 hours.
Laptop:- 1 hour.
Day 6
Weather:- Rain all day
Battery:- condition at 0900 100% on regulator and fully charged on van panel.
Usage
Tele:- 5 hours
Lights:- 2 hours.
Laptop:- 1 hour.
Phone charged:- 3 hours
Phone charged:- 2 hours
Givens.
Water pump as required for two people sowers washing up etc
Electronics for fridge and gas alarm etc
Setup.
Two x 120 batteries
Two x 80 solar panels.
As you can see the weather was the pits yet batteries remained fully charged.
Am I chuffed? You betcha, best money we've spent on the motorhome. Be interesting to see how they do when the days are much shorter.
Many thanks to Mark of C.L.S. :thumb:
BTW all equipment is 12v no invertors were used.
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