Karen, Its kind of a apples vs. oranges answer. Depends on what you want to do with it. If the van is parked unused for long periods of time .. A small trickle charge (say 1 to 1.5 watts) would be fine. If you are looking to recharge the battery while camping, then the short answer is .... The more watts the better. The long answer is "one has to calculated their electrical consumption and do some simple math to se how big a panel would be needed. Hope that helps. "Man is the tool of his dreams." - William Least Heat-Moon Larry Chase Email: RoadGuy@RoadHaus.com Web: www.RoadHaus.com Cell: 480 620 8966 What: North American Road Trip How: RoadHaus - 1990 White VW Westfalia Syncro Today: Bellingham, WA - - -
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 16:27:03 +0000 From: karen davis <yosemite333@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: Wattage for Solar Battery Charge What type of wattage should one get on these solar battery trickle chargers...is it 1.5 watts? Just didn't know if more or less is better. |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.