Sort of my fault with the way I was parked. With the pop-top up and the angl=
e of the sun, it didn't hit my panel in the luggage rack at all. One of the =
drawbacks of not having a moveable panel I guess.....

-----Original Message-----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" [camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM]
Date: 10/15/2014 06:45 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Lake Piru

Why was your solar panel in the shade for the whole weekend?

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 10/15/2014 02:50 PM, J B wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Our last camping trip for a while, we went to Lake Piru. Our 80W
> solar panel was in the shade for the whole weekend and hardly charged
> my 50Ah house battery which had me looking at other options. I still
> want to keep it in the location under the drivers seat and have been
> reading about putting 4x22Ah batteries in parallel for a total of
> 88Ah. Does anyone here have any experience with this type of
> set-up??? Or other options under the drivers seat having more than
> 50Ah?
>
> Also feel free to check out my updated blog of Lake Piru.
>
> http://1981vwcamper.blogspot.com/
>
> Thanks - John.
>