Date:         Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:01:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lake Piru
Comments: To: J B <jbever@excite.com>
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  No "Guess" now, eh?  Solar is a good power source but you must be
attentive to actually gather it in the necessary amounts...   Your other
alternative as you suggest is to increase your capacity to store a lot of
power so you  don't have to be so careful to put a panel in sunshine
consistently.
  A couple of moderate sized panels will keep a normal RV charged up if
they're deployed properly.  Even full time snowbird RVs have panels that
can be tuned to the sun for best output...
  OR, you can go with more storage batteries and rely on the times you are
parked in the sun and the alternator of your vehicle when driving...

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 4:04 PM, J B <jbever@excite.com> wrote:

> Sort of my fault with the way I was parked. With the pop-top up and the
> angle 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.....
>
> --
> --
> 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.
> >
>