wireman
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Right to start with I am going to:
1 Change all lights to CEL type(12 of)
2: Buy another battery (85amph) to give me 170 amph in total.
I use:
Mainly lighting, but of course water pump etc and fridge on gas. Occaisionally use heating on gas but of course needs leccy for the fan. We also have need to charge mobiles and laptop We occaisionally watch the TV or watch a movie so maybe 2 hours a day absolute max. We tend to move everyday, but occaisionally we will stay in one place for 2 -3 days.
I have given up on gennies, fed up of lugging them about then not starting just when you need them despite having tested the damn thing just before you leave.
So I want solar more, I think, as a backup rather than a neccesity (given the increase in battery size and light power reduction). However I suspect, being my usual self and over engineering these things and costing myself money for stuff I don't use......
I reckon I can get away with a 60w or thereabouts panel (we tour mainly in the summer but the van is used most days in the winter as a form of transport) probably wired in via the onboard charging unit if it has connections but otherwise through a regulator.
Does the panel think that that wilol be adequate or have I missed something?
1 Change all lights to CEL type(12 of)
2: Buy another battery (85amph) to give me 170 amph in total.
I use:
Mainly lighting, but of course water pump etc and fridge on gas. Occaisionally use heating on gas but of course needs leccy for the fan. We also have need to charge mobiles and laptop We occaisionally watch the TV or watch a movie so maybe 2 hours a day absolute max. We tend to move everyday, but occaisionally we will stay in one place for 2 -3 days.
I have given up on gennies, fed up of lugging them about then not starting just when you need them despite having tested the damn thing just before you leave.
So I want solar more, I think, as a backup rather than a neccesity (given the increase in battery size and light power reduction). However I suspect, being my usual self and over engineering these things and costing myself money for stuff I don't use......
I reckon I can get away with a 60w or thereabouts panel (we tour mainly in the summer but the van is used most days in the winter as a form of transport) probably wired in via the onboard charging unit if it has connections but otherwise through a regulator.
Does the panel think that that wilol be adequate or have I missed something?