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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