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My work up includes the following, 6 panels mono solar @ 100w each for 600w solar to a combination TriMetric Battery Monitor with TriMetric Solar Controller, I have 4 - 6v golf cart batteries at 220ah each with wiring in parallel/series I get 440ah. I also have a residential refegerator and a 2000w inverter. We watch TV at night with the timer on to turn it off. I can go a week without additional charging so long as I have full sun. When I need to boost charging and/or equalize my batteries, the solar controller has a setting for this, but that would mean I need constant sun while equalizing. So, I use the gnerator for this along with a TruCharge 2 charger set up for just equalizing the batteries (that way I don't have to depend on sun to get a proper cycle done). Everything goes through a shunt which is monitored by the battery monitor, with a history maintaining software for a PC. I also have an additional charge controller that is standard for the MH a WFCO 55. I have boondocked for over 2 1/2 weeks with no problem, but one must keep a watchful eye on the whole cycle. While my coach is in storage I have never even turned the battery switch to off, I let it do it's thing and help exercise the cycles of discharg and charge. In addition, ALL my lights are LEDs, I also have a BIRD switch that maintains the chassis batteries as well, this is also monitored by the "Battery Monitor". It took me a year to set all this up as I did a little at a time, but I feel it has been worth it as we both like to sit in the open desert, anytime of year.
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