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Boondocking, Dry Camping. Solar And Lithium Battery Test. How many days will the battery last?
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2023
- I upgraded my travel trailer with more solar power (365 Watts total) and a 200 ah lithium battery. How many days can I dry camp before my battery dies? What I learned...
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I have the same RV (2023 GD 226rk with pretty much the same batteries (LiTime200ah), solar (385watts), exact same inverter. So far as long as I full sun all all day I think I could go for ever running the fridge, watch tv, coffee pot in the morning. But I agree if you set a couple days in a roll with cloudy skies your fridge will eat up the power. If you plan on going off the grid for several days I would plan on a back up plan of having a generator with me to top off the batteries. Another option would be add more solar and batteries. Great video thanks.
Glad you found the video helpful. I plan on having my generator ready if the weather looks to be cloudy for several days too.
im full solar and a lifepo4 and i love it. i wish more people would jump on board too, here in michigan 95% of "campers" have generators running all day and night boon docking.. go to a hotel or a walmart parking lot if your going to do that... Last thing you want is to find a sweet spot and have to listen to generators run all day and night long.
So true. I have had people running generators by me at a couple camps. I love my solar. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.
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Nice that your battery monitor doesn't flash when charging/discharging. I have a generic version similar to yours
I had a generic version in my last trailer that flashed and was terrible at night. I searched on line and found that the light could be turned off. Check to see if yours can too.
@@riderescue I turned my monitor LED light off. It drove me crazy at night timing off and on.
My question is how much is another battery, and how much would another battery or more solar panel benefit you. I've not had any real world experience with these, but am interested in doing what you are doing.
That is the real question. How much money to spend? More battery, more solar? Small generator for back up? I have been using solar for 3 years now (2 other trailers) and I have been fortunate to only need my small generator (that I have had for years) for bad weather. I am now retired and I want to spend more time dry camping so I want to add 200 more watts of solar panel on the roof (565 watts total) and another battery. That should provide what I need but that is another $1000. Does that make sense to spend the money when I have a small generator that works?
@@riderescue You can buy a 200watt solar panel for $200, another 200ah battery for $600. The existing solar controller can handle up to 600watts of solar or there about.
Do you need an automatic transfer switch to use the inverter? I have the exact rv you have. Does mine
already have that or do u need it?
In order to tie the inverter into your breaker system you will need to add the transfer switch. Check your orange wire in the front compartment to see if it is a loop (meaning wire comes in and loops back out with nothing connected).
@@riderescue Yes you need a transfer switch so when you hook of to shore power it automatically switches over. Without a transfer switch you have to member to turn inverter on/off, turn off breaker switch to converter just a few manual things to remember or you could have electrical issues which is bad. Do the right thing and get a transfer switch.
@@EarlBalentine My prior trailer did not have a transfer switch and I hated running a power cord and switching breakers. The transfer switch makes it simple.
I think what the moral of the story is; that at this moment in time the technologies have not come together enough for the world to go solar. I want more power for longer and it sounds like you do to. The only fix to this problem is money which means most of the world's population could not afford to have energy on a regular basis.
You are correct in your questing. What I have works great for most weather conditions but when the battery can not be charged, what is the best back up for power. Spend more money on more solar options or keep a generator ready for emergency?
Maybe a small wind turbine. You could also supplement the electrical generation with a water generator
@@riderescue Both, a 2500wat gen is about $300. There are folks that have completely cover their rv roof with 1000 to 2000watts of solar and several batteries with 1000ah. Those people like spending $7000 to $10,000 on the system.