It is now easy to see how stressful it was to always make sure we stayed at campgrounds with electric hook-ups. “Big Sur? Ummm… maybe we could make it one night?” “That boondocking spot looks awesome, but I don’t think we’d last very long.” Some of the best campgrounds we’ve seen or heard about are…
Do you place it right next to your Airstream or do you run an extension cord to keep the noise down? Tnx
Its not a long cord – but we do try and place it farther away from the Airstream and open windows. Its amazingly quiet!
We just had our solar setup serviced, our charge controller was playing up, and I am surprised by just how much power we’re now getting from our old 100 Watt panel. With regular use, the batteries are almost always at 100% on a sunny day.
Of course we are not full timing, so our power requirements are probably somewhat lower than yours and on a rainy day or in the shade all bets are off.
I’ve been thinking about getting a Honda generator myself to give us even more freedom on where we camp. Like you, I think the combination of solar and a backup generator is probably the sweet spot.
Personally, i will prefer to camp with a solar system instead of a generator set because the sound of generator normally get me very irritated.
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Agreed. However, we like to stay in nice shady spots where solar isn’t as useful (Samuel P. Taylor in the rain comes to mind!). I think we will eventually have both – solar for most of our needs, but we can pull out the generator when weather or location inhibits the use of our panels.