On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:02 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote: > > My very unscientific experience has been this (keep in mind this is usyally > 80 degrees or above weather): 1 battery lasts 24 to 36 hours. I have the > fridge set on 5 and usually have the freezer full of ice pops for the kids > too. I have 2 group 42 deep cycles so I can usually camp for a regular or > 3 day weekend just on batteries. I have 80 watts of solar. Cheap panels from > eBay, probably $130 for the 30 watt and $170 for the 50 watt. If it's > sunny, and I rotate the panels with the sun, I can go indefinielty on solar. > As soon as it's cloudy the panels are worthless and the batteries start to > drain. Having 150 watts of solar would probably be best. > My experience with my Norcold, a Group 31 (110 AH) battery and 100 watts of solar is virtually identical. With good Sun I went for a full week with no problems back in early August. No Sun and three days then fire up the generator for about 2 1/2 hours. And my battery is not a deep cycle and after 3 1/2 years of use is starting not work as well as when new, thinking about replacing it. |
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