Date:         Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:21:26 -0600
Reply-To:     Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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From:         Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
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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....