[johnsandywhite]

1. Who Has Solar Panels Fitted?
2. What do you have fitted (size & how many)?
3. Do you find they are worth the expense?
4. Were they fitted by Professionals (?) or self fitted?

 

[johnsandywhite]

Very good Road_Runner_644.

On my old Coachmen Classic I had:-

4x110ah Leisure Batteries (originally had 2x85ah - changed for 110ah & fitted extra 2 myself)
2x110 Watt Solar Panels and 1 x 50 Watt (1x 110 Watt fitted professionally the other 2 myself)
2x300 Watt Invertors and 1x 800 Watt Invertor (all fitted by myself).

I transferred 1x110 watt and the 50 watt over to my Gulfstream Crown Regis along with the 800 Watt Invertor.

 

[johnsandywhite]

The reason for the post Dave is it is something that crops up now and again in various posts. On the old site it was a pretty active thread. I just thought I would resurrect it. It's as good a thread as 'What you like about etc ' - 'What do you hate about etc '.

 

[johnsandywhite]

Good post George, but I bought my panels (along with the batteries) mainly for use in Spain where they get lot's of Sun for most of the year. As I mentioned. We boiled kettles all day long and still had plenty to watch 4 hours of TV if we felt like it. When Moto GP is on I can watch for it several hours on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday. During the daytime, the power is free.

 

[johnsandywhite]

8O Running the engine with a super duper Alternator is not an option with a 7 to 8 mpg engine. :roll: