For various reasons I am building a stand alone solar power system in my motor home to essentially use it as a power station.
Last trip was dispersed camping mostly out west from Dec 30 till March, 81 days with only 9 days with hookups.
We did ok with the house batteries and one 100 ah lead acid deep cycle auxiliary battery for my cpap and a 200 watt solar panel but I had to run the generator more than I wanted to for coffee maker, microwave and some charging which I want to stop doing.
I have 4 new Chin's 100 ah lifepo4 batteries
I have a 3000 watt Renogy inverter charger. ( I know Victron is better but this is what I can afford and was on sale at Renogy for $567.79 including tax and shipping.) I am hoping with a soft start I can run one A/C for a few hours if needed.
I now also have a 300watt Dokio solar panel in addition to the 200 watt I had.
While at home or at an RV park (average one day a week) I can charge the batteries with the inverter charger
I have attached a picture of what my current plan is.
I want to upgrade with roof mounted solar panels later.
I do not want to alter my current setup which includes the factory BCC, converter, generator and lead acid house batteries (2 6v Trojan)
After hearing sugestions andreaing reviews and similar setups, I think I have this right.????
Last trip was dispersed camping mostly out west from Dec 30 till March, 81 days with only 9 days with hookups.
We did ok with the house batteries and one 100 ah lead acid deep cycle auxiliary battery for my cpap and a 200 watt solar panel but I had to run the generator more than I wanted to for coffee maker, microwave and some charging which I want to stop doing.
I have 4 new Chin's 100 ah lifepo4 batteries
I have a 3000 watt Renogy inverter charger. ( I know Victron is better but this is what I can afford and was on sale at Renogy for $567.79 including tax and shipping.) I am hoping with a soft start I can run one A/C for a few hours if needed.
I now also have a 300watt Dokio solar panel in addition to the 200 watt I had.
While at home or at an RV park (average one day a week) I can charge the batteries with the inverter charger
I have attached a picture of what my current plan is.
I want to upgrade with roof mounted solar panels later.
I do not want to alter my current setup which includes the factory BCC, converter, generator and lead acid house batteries (2 6v Trojan)
After hearing sugestions andreaing reviews and similar setups, I think I have this right.????