Watts Happening
I call it like I see it.
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I've got the trailer pictured below, it's a 7x12, very well insulated, dual Victron 3000's, 15kWh battery bank, 48v, mini split up front. The roof has 1,600w of Q.Cells, which generally is far more than I need, but I have two more panels collecting dust.
Do I mount them on a hinge just to the left of the door with gas struts and have a "solar awning", which makes for an easy deployment, but then always there, always getting the stress of driving etc.
Or, do I come up with a solution for an ""easy"" ground deploy of them. Sucks to move them around but gives me the freedom to stick them in the sun when we're otherwise not able to get much power via the roof.
They're 41x74", weigh 48 pounds each and I have to deploy them as a pair (roof is 2s2p, plenty of room left on the Victron 150/85 I had laying around).
Thoughts?
Do I mount them on a hinge just to the left of the door with gas struts and have a "solar awning", which makes for an easy deployment, but then always there, always getting the stress of driving etc.
Or, do I come up with a solution for an ""easy"" ground deploy of them. Sucks to move them around but gives me the freedom to stick them in the sun when we're otherwise not able to get much power via the roof.
They're 41x74", weigh 48 pounds each and I have to deploy them as a pair (roof is 2s2p, plenty of room left on the Victron 150/85 I had laying around).
Thoughts?