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Desert_Rat
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I'm retiring this year (hopefully) and I've wanted forever to visit each of this country's national parks: http://www.printableworldmaps.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/usa-national-parks-map-mapstillnational-parks-of-the-united-states-NufrvB.jpg
And I've wanted to do this unencumbered by grid power or a noisy, intrusive generator. I want to take full advantage of my country's landmarks, go where I want to go and take full advantage of BLM. But I'm still going to need a lot of electricity to do so comfortably.
Typical week's power usage: 100kW. Off road goal to decrease that to 75~kW. Easy, i think.
Goal: A solar system that will provide that 10~kW per day, given that 'a day' is actually only 9~ hours of sun in the months I'll be traveling. So... 1~kW per hour of solar and substantially more in battery storage.
On this: http://imgur.com/a/ZjUOJ
First issue is where to stick almost 3,000AH of batteries on a camper with no space (yes, if I had a 5th wheel this would likely be a little easier).
Then is where I place the 2 large electronics (inverter/charger, mppt).
Lastly is where - lol - 2kW of PV is going!
With no other options that I could find,
the batteries are going here: http://imgur.com/a/eYp1l
and the electronics are going here: http://imgur.com/a/Y9LXW
And I've wanted to do this unencumbered by grid power or a noisy, intrusive generator. I want to take full advantage of my country's landmarks, go where I want to go and take full advantage of BLM. But I'm still going to need a lot of electricity to do so comfortably.
Typical week's power usage: 100kW. Off road goal to decrease that to 75~kW. Easy, i think.
Goal: A solar system that will provide that 10~kW per day, given that 'a day' is actually only 9~ hours of sun in the months I'll be traveling. So... 1~kW per hour of solar and substantially more in battery storage.
On this: http://imgur.com/a/ZjUOJ
First issue is where to stick almost 3,000AH of batteries on a camper with no space (yes, if I had a 5th wheel this would likely be a little easier).
Then is where I place the 2 large electronics (inverter/charger, mppt).
Lastly is where - lol - 2kW of PV is going!
With no other options that I could find,
the batteries are going here: http://imgur.com/a/eYp1l
and the electronics are going here: http://imgur.com/a/Y9LXW