- #Small camper boondocking solar generator
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#Small camper boondocking solar portable
I obviously need to do a lot of reading to be ready for next year, my initial thought is to see if it could work to have an external, portable solar setup that could be deployed out in the boonies and provide us with 500w of power, which (if I’m tracking this thread correctly) could be out through an inverter and plugged into the trailer’s electrical port (which I think is a 30A plug but I have a 15A adapter to plug it into household power). That doesn’t seem to be an insane amount, either via solar or gas.
Just poking around online, the estimates were like 450-500W. I’ve been trying to sort out how much I would need to supply via solar in order to just run that 5000BTU AC. Here’s the info I got, apologies in advance if I mix up units/lingo:ġ) The existing solar setup that came stock is a 100W panel mounted to the roof, wired to a controller inside, and charges two large batteries (can’t recall the total storage of the batts).Ģ) The sticker on the AC unit itself says 5000BTU (it’s very small, the trailer is mini), 115v, 3.9 Amps.ģ) The wired electrical that pulls from the batteries includes LED lights, the small heater, 6gal water heater, radio/speakers, and the small fridge in the external kitchen. I went and poked around the rig last night to gather more intel (it’s literally brand new and despite being very pleased with it, I can’t fathom why they didn’t provide a very thorough owners manual). At that point the microwave is your next highest power draw, and mostly anything you want a microwave for, you can accomplish with the propane stovetop just fine. Without A/C, a little solar "generator" (usually, technically a small solar panel and a nice lithium battery packaged together) will go pretty far. If you want simple and quiet, the best solution is to live without the A/C. I would guess you'd need at least 2000 watts to run it, even if you get around the startup issue.
#Small camper boondocking solar full
And that just lowers the starting spike you still need the full running wattage to run it. You can mitigate the starting wattage problem if you drop around $300 on a softstart/easystart for your model A/C. You need a power source with enough output to match that load.
#Small camper boondocking solar manual
Look at your A/C's manual to find the wattage and starting wattage.
That said, I haven't really seen any solar generators big enough to run even a small roof A/C unit.
#Small camper boondocking solar generator
And if you do run one, it'll all but drown out the generator noise anyway. Those things are unbelievably loud, especially the small ones. Up front: if you want quiet, you don't want to run the A/C anyway. Thanks, happy to provide more info if needed. Am I reading this right? Had anyone found a way to make a solution like this work? I would love to use all the features my new trailer has to offer, especially the AC and outlets, but I don’t know if I’m ready to have a gas generator running. It seems like it works as sort of a middle ground between a gas generator and solar panels - basically charging a battery still (so no continuous power on demand) but able to be plugged in like a generator. I’ve been reading about solar generators. I really prefer the quiet escape of the experience, so running a generator or having to camp where there’s continuous power both feel sucky. The sales guy said I’d have to run a generator to use these.
The problem is that the AC and the outlets (and microwave) won’t run off the batteries. it also has a small microwave but not a game changer, and apparently the fridge runs off the batteries. The trailer has electrical goodies that would be great to run while off the grid - specifically, I want to be able to run the small AC and use the outlets to charge phone/tablet etc. I’m totally new to camping in this way, have always just thrown a tent on the dirt and called it good. I just bought a 16’ travel trailer that I intend to use for remote boondocking in the deserts and mountains of the Great Basin.
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