Date:         Sat, 9 Jul 2005 09:30:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Share your solar success story?
Comments: To: Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
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Hi Larry and all,

100Ah a day? Pretty impressive!  My requirements are much more modest.

I appreciate all the comments about using a Honda generator, but I'm
just not looking in that direction. I know that for those that are using
these nice generators, the noise is acceptable, but I want something
silent and clean (as in, "no oily bits that can get the inside of Mellow
Yellow dirty").

"Greenness" is part of my desire to run solar, but it's really more
about wanting to keep things simple (electronics are simple to me,
electronics with no moving parts even simpler); a desire to not have to
deal with gadgets that leak or need flammable liquids (enough of that
under the engine hatch!); and to reduce weight and bulk as much as
possible. Solar seems as though it will fill my modest needs (20Ah/day).
Sure, I'd have to "remote" the panel(s) on a wire to get them into the
sun (park in the shade, myself), but that's the kind of constant
puttering around the campsite that I do that Mrs Squirrel finds so
amusing anyway.

--

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
Carlsbad, CA
KG6RCR



On 6/30/2005 7:15 PM Larry Chase wrote:

>I've been using on the the Honda 1k generators for about 3 years now.
>
>And I use it a lot ... Perhaps 10-12 hrs per week.
>
>Other than the obvious advantages already explained .. The darn thing just
>keeps on running.
>
>Having the carb cleaned once and a new plug is all the maint required in 3
>yrs.
>
>I really wished I could use solar ... Much rather be GREEN ... But for my
>usages I would need way too many panels.
>
>Dry camping I tend to use 100 amp hrs per day.
>
>Larry Chase
>www.roadhaus.com
>www.roadhaus.com/shops.html
>www.roadhaus.com/tires.html
>
>
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