Howdy!
I'm planning to add a small solar system to keep our battery charged. I do not have the TV wired to charge the battery. We have a furnace that might run a few hours a night and a few LED ceiling lights. No microwave, stereo, or porch lights, nor any newfangled propane or CO detectors are run off the house battery.
Would you mount it on top of the popup roof so it can charge while on the road, or have a more portable system so you can put it in the sun if you park under a tree (and then trip on it)?
I do have a seamless old ABS roof that probably shouldn't be messed with but I also have klutzy kids and dog.
Can anyone recommend an easy kit?
Or should I forget solar and just finish the wiring job on my TV?
Thanks!
Honestly, I'd finish the wiring on the tow vehicle. Of course, that won't help when you're set up, but you'd need a fair sized array to replace what the furnace pulls from the battery.
The small (~6x10-12) battery maintainers won't cut it in most parts of the country. I played around with those to top off a battery powering a small pond pump and two of them wouldn't keep up day-to-day. The panels were mounted at the optimal site to get the most sun and the pump pulled a lot less than running a furnace blower. If you can match the size of the solar cells to the draw of the blower, and get them mounted and aligned to get the most sun, you may be in pretty good shape.
John
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