Do you want to try and get off the grid or at the very least save some money? Now that solar power is becoming mainstream there are more options than ever available for RVs. An RV solar system can help to reduce the time that you live off of your generator and is a great solution for people that boondock or just want to go “green”.
A big advantage to solar-power systems
is that they have no moving parts and require very little maintenance. They are safe and reliable and do not create the
noise or smell of a generator. Furthermore
you decide how big of a system you want and how much you want to spend. Solar can be used to power just a few devices
or to completely power the RV.
So what does a solar-powered system
consist of? RV systems will have one or
more solar panels, a charge controller, batteries and the parts required for
installation and hookup. An article from
Trailerlife.com explains that solar panels are rated by their watts of output
and that the “wattage rating is determined by multiplying the panel’s peak
power voltage by its peak power amperage.”
You may wonder how big of a system you
need to power your RV. To find out how
much energy you use, one of the leading RV solar providers recommends that you
boondock your RV and do not use the AC generator or shorepower. Now under normal usage see how long it takes
to run your batteries down. The company takes
that information and calculates approximately how many amp-hours
you consumed on an average day and how many solar panels would be required to provide
the same energy. They estimate that the average
RV consumes between 75 and 150 amp-hours of energy a day.
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