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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
The system I'm looking at comes with a pair of 175 watt flexible panels. I'd rather have more capacity than is necessary... With room to expand to 525 watts in the future.  |
After extending my drycamping experiences of late, I found I use the generator a little more than I'd like to. Combine that with the generator located right under the couch and who wants to listen to that thing while watching TV?
I stuffed 4-12s under the steps and happy with the result so far but am finding they don't charge to the capacity they did just two days ago. Not sure what's up with that but you do get what you pay for and I got into them for cheap (relatively). Initially, 13v charges on a 30m gen run weren't out of the question. I ran it for 60m today and only got 12.84 for my money. As I wrote back then, this setup is an experiment. I may have benefited from better quality batteries but plan to replace them in the near future so I didn't want to invest too much this time around. I'll upgrade when I upgrade the inverter. I'm keeping detailed records on trending. I attached what I have after 2 days of monitoring. I'm beginning to feel like I have too much time on my hands
Chance is right about one thing - if you don't need it, you don't need it. I'm guessing I might benefit from it some. What's the ROI? Anyone's guess. Depends on how much you use it. I'm going into it with the attitude it's largely lost money.
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