Sort of my fault with the way I was parked. With the pop-top up and the angl= e of the sun, it didn't hit my panel in the luggage rack at all. One of the = drawbacks of not having a moveable panel I guess..... -----Original Message----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" [camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM] Date: 10/15/2014 06:45 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Lake Piru Why was your solar panel in the shade for the whole weekend? -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 10/15/2014 02:50 PM, J B wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Our last camping trip for a while, we went to Lake Piru. Our 80W > solar panel was in the shade for the whole weekend and hardly charged > my 50Ah house battery which had me looking at other options. I still > want to keep it in the location under the drivers seat and have been > reading about putting 4x22Ah batteries in parallel for a total of > 88Ah. Does anyone here have any experience with this type of > set-up??? Or other options under the drivers seat having more than > 50Ah? > > Also feel free to check out my updated blog of Lake Piru. > > http://1981vwcamper.blogspot.com/ > > Thanks - John. > |
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