You guys don't worry about theft of the mobile/placed panel?
Heck even in the back woods that would be a concern for me. Especially in a campground or festival. 

Chain it to something perhaps?
A little stainless safety cable through a solid point of some type? 

-craig

On Oct 10, 2013, at 8:24 AM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> Hi Bryan;
> Were you at Westies @ Watkins?  I saw a brown Westie with 2 solar panels and a windmill mounted on the roof.  Couldn't believe it, but there it was.  Talk about being free of the grid!
>  
> Dave B.
>  
>  
> On 10/10/13, Bryan Feddish<uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>  
> >> 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