Mark wrote: > So the answer to the inadequacies of solar is to buy ever more of it and > cover the roof, then carry some extra panels to spread around the camp > on long leashes? Then put a couple hundred pounds of battery in the > interior storage spaces, and do the solar panel shuffle every day to try > to make the best of things? Kinda makes one long for a 3 way fridge again. No, Mark. You really want only a 2 way fridge. Those long extension cords are a drag.... But wait...this just in: > One far fetched thought I had was using a reflector of some kind to > catch the sun and direct it to the panel. It is just a little jump to this: http://www.basinandrangewatch.org/SolarOneNV.html Next summer I'll have some portable parabolic reflectors++ that I can set up and then MELT YOUR VANAGON, panels and all! Just watch out! ;-) Richard ++ of course, I'll not be carrying those in MY Vanagon. I'll have the Sprinter tractor trailer to haul them.... |
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