

| Subject: | Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy |
| From: | Bryan Feddish |
| Date: | Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:29:32 -0400 |
>> So the answer to the inadequacies of solar is to buy ever more of it and >> cover the roof, then carry some extra panels to spread around the camp on >> long leashes? Then put a couple hundred pounds of battery in the interior >> storage spaces, and do the solar panel shuffle every day to try to make >> the best of things? Kinda makes one long for a 3 way fridge again. << Pretty close! ;) Actually, I have 2 panels on the roof for a total of 155 watts. The 100 panel tilts but the other does not. I no longer do the thing where I take one off and chase the sun. I have enough power that I can go indefinitely with good weather and keep the fridge (and the wife who has a fridge full of organic food) happy. It's very low maintenance at this point. On a side note, I have a windmill too which is pretty much a toy but when we were at Assateaque this past spring both panels were getting full sun and the windmill was screaming away and there was so much juice I could have powered the entire campground for the weekend. Bryan
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