You guys don't worry about theft of the mobile/placed panel? Heck even in the back woods that would be a concern for me. Especially in a campground or festival. Chain it to something perhaps? A little stainless safety cable through a solid point of some type? -craig On Oct 10, 2013, at 8:24 AM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > Hi Bryan; > Were you at Westies @ Watkins? I saw a brown Westie with 2 solar panels and a windmill mounted on the roof. Couldn't believe it, but there it was. Talk about being free of the grid! > > Dave B. > > > On 10/10/13, Bryan Feddish<uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM> 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. << > > > Pretty close! ;) Actually, I have 2 panels on the roof for a total of 155 > watts. The 100 panel tilts but the other does not. I no longer do the > thing where I take one off and chase the sun. I have enough power that I > can go indefinitely with good weather and keep the fridge (and the wife who > has a fridge full of organic food) happy. It's very low maintenance at > this point. > > On a side note, I have a windmill too which is pretty much a toy but when we > were at Assateaque this past spring both panels were getting full sun and > the windmill was screaming away and there was so much juice I could have > powered the entire campground for the weekend. > > Bryan |
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