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Old 08-26-2020, 05:23 PM   #6
ducksface
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2018 24.1 AXISSIXxSIX
State: Arizona
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My v10 uses 2/3 gallon per hour at idle.
That's $1.25 to $2.00 an hour to power an inverter and charge the batteries.
I'll guess solar would never pay for itself for us.
I'm not opposed, I had one of the nicest systems available on a travel trailer(i didn't pay for it, prior owner lost $6,000 on that system)


We don't, and will never, boondock in quartzite.
Solar is useless whenever the vehicle is running.
Solar is useless when on shore power.
Solar is useless when your generator is running.
A nice little $20 solar cell tossed on your dashboard will keep a trickle on your battery. I have plenty of those.
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Ducky
No doubt: a lot of us want it more than we need it...
Sometimes, that's enough.

https://www.thorforums.com/forums/at...1&d=1598461855
Solar is often purchased by redeeming box tops from
Purina Sheeple Chow.


You're right. It's just a thing to have in 90%of cases.
Solar is a fine fine thing under limited circumstance.
It's just a toy unless you camp within those limited circumstance.

The solar on our little 19ft toy hauler was great.
It would run the heater all night, run the microwave for three meals, water pump, everything for two days straight without sun. We only used the generator to excercise it and for ac.
The solar saved us from hooking the truck up and running at idle a couple of hours at a time. It was very nice to just come back to the trailer and a was working when we dry camped or boondocked IF we had to park in the open sun in the winter. Any other time the generator negated the need for the solar because we were running the ac.
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