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Palmer Energy Systems?
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I was planning on having Palmer Energy Systems do our coach. But now the website is dead. Does anyone know if he is still in business? If so, could someone please forward his contact info? Thanks!
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Gannet
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Free Spirit Energy Wind Generator?
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Hey, does anyone have a Free Spirit RV wind generator, and if so, how is it working? Looks like I can get one for around $300, just want to make sure it's worth it.
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Hina
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Tesla's new "PowerWall"
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Any techies want to chime in on Elon Musk's new PowerWall. Here's some specs, obviously it won't fit into some existing battery compartments, but that is not an insurmountable obstacle. No word on the weight of the battery. I don't know how that would all convert to amp-hours for RV use. Energy: 7kW...
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BiggarView
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Tesla Powerwall for RV?
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http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/30/tesla-powerwall-home-battery/The first Tesla Energy product is ‘...
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jasonsosa
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BOONDOCKERS WELCOME VALUE YOUR FEEDBACK
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Preferring to Boondock than staying in organized CG's for the most part, we are wondering how effective and useful anyone who's made use on a maybe regular basis versus just a one off of Boondockers Welcome. Each to their own, and variety is for sure the spice of life and we are all different in our needs...
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Someday
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Doubling smaller wire to increase the ampacity
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Greetings all. I know it isn't ideal, but I wanted to ask your thoughts regarding doubling DC power cables to increase the ampacity. This would only be used for my battery jumpers. I currently run 2/0 ga for all my battery runs but am upgrading from 2 x 6V to 4 x 6V. Seeing as how I already have some from anot...
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KamFlyer
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New to all of this! HELP!
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My partner and I are living in Alberta Canada right now. We just sold our house and bought a 2010 F350 6.4L Diesel, along with a 2009 34SAQ Keystone Challenger 5th wheel. I'm quitting my job and picking up the trailer on the weekend. We are leaving for BC next week and will be volunteering on farms. My q...
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Lisa
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Boondocking in New Mexico
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Any recommendations for BLM or boondocking areas on the AZ / NM border or in the Las Cruces area as we head back into Texas? Only looking for a day or two.
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bigboomer
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Battery bank for boondocking
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It's been some time since I was on the forum and we are in AZ for the winter. Since there are numerous areas to boondock and campgrounds that you can park an RV at but they don't have any hook ups I wanted to know more about batteries. My wife is not real keen on the idea of boondocking so I don't plan on do it a lo...
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Gray water tank.. slow drain?
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Here's a very very "DUMB" newbie question from me regarding tanks and dumping. Just had my second day of below freezing, and city water in (hose) froze. Had water in tank, I knew that. ...and disconnected the frozen hose, got an empty one reattached to city line, and got water in... BUT. as...
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Slow Drain on the gray water tank
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Hi all, Had a lot of conversation regarding the boondocking article written recently by Technomadia on Boondocking (great job Chris and Cherie) and I have a question. For those who are willing to shower outside or pee outside to lengthen the amount of time you can boondock on tanks, why do we never t...
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Camper Chronicles
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Fixed verses adjustable solar panel mounts
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Hello all! I am new to this forum and am curious about how you use you solar panels. I had two panels on my 19' trailer and they used to be mounted flat on the roof and worked fine for two years but then I installed a DC powered refer and needed more charging power so I did some testing and realized that I coul...
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hotfishtacos
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Wind as a supplement to Solar
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After I constructed our solar system to take maximum advantage of Mother Nature's free energy, I gave some thought as to when the sun don't shine for either extended periods or how to charge the battery bank after sun down by taking advantage of Mother Nature's other free energy source, wind! What I en...
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bigboomer
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charge controller question
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Will the panel below require a 48 volt mppt charge controller for use in a travel trailer?
Yingli Solar YL295p-35b
Electrical Characteristics
System Rating: 295 Watts
Watts (PTC): 266.1 Watts
Max Power Voltage (Vmpp): 36.3 Volts
Max Power Current (Impp): 8.12 Amps
Open Circuit Volta...
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whitelight
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New Computer for FT use.
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I just bought a new computer for FT use as the laptop I had intended to use for this purpose recently died. I was liking for something a little more powerful and upgradable, but lightweight and something that didn't draw too much power (for boondocking). I chose a small HP Pavillion desktop (the same...
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Sushidog
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12 volt puzzle
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This a.m. we were preparing to take our trailer over to Bushnell to be weighed but when we tried to use Bigfoot we kept hearing the LP detector chirp like it does when the batteries are low. We plugged back into shore power and then Bigfoot worked as it normally does but we decided to postpone our weighi...
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Judy L
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solar watts LOW
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I just installed two renology 250 watt panels on my TT with a TS-60 charge controller, I ran 10 guage wire for about 5ft from each solar panel then connected both panels together and ran 6 guage from roof to charge controller. The first two days of use the best reading the charge controller gave me was 1...
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whitelight
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question TS-mppt-60
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With a morningstar mppt-60 what volts are the best setting for bulk charging four 6 volt wet cell golf cart batteries?
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whitelight
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Questions re new system install, batteries, etc.
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Folks, I'm brand new on this site but have been RVing for 20 years. Never had solar on the RV and I'm finding it necessary now. Too many dry camping trips in close quarters to others where the generator is becoming less practical with fumes and noise. I'm in the exploratory stage right now and will pro...
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Daily Electric Usage When Boondocking
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I'm curious as to how much electric folks are using when boondocking. Reason for asking, Karen and I are planning to head out FT in 2015 and hope to do some boondocking. I want to add solar to the travel trailer. I'm contemplating 300 amp/hr of batteries and 400 watts of solar to start. I plan to design...
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Adam and Karen
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solar panel use with shore power
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I am new to the forum. There are quite a few campgrounds that have metered electricity for their monthly sites . Is there any way to cut down the amount of shore power used (through the use of solar panels) and still remain plugged in? It is my impression that all power would be routed through shore po...
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Complete Power Shutdown after 2-3 lights draw
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Hello, I have an issue when running off battery power. Whenever we turn too many things on ( a light and water pump or 3 lights ... ) the whole electrical system shuts down. We then have no power at all for ~ 1 to 5 minutes and then the power comes back. I have two new deep cycle batteries fully charged. I'v...
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colin
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(2) 6 volts and a 12 volt on a solar system
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Hey guys, this is my first post here and I have a question. We just installed (18) 250W panels on our house, but for some reason they sent me 19. I didn't have authorization to install 19 panels on my home, so I called the company and they sold me the extra one at cost. I installed it on my RV with a 3000 W pure s...
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JPBeck
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Composting Toilets
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http://www.sun-mar.com/products/mobilestraightba...
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pierreandcolleen
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What is Boondocking?
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Hi - So glad there are no silly questions Being new to all this, I have no idea what Boondocking is. But I was excited to read that we can go solar!!
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BenMary
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AGM and/or Lithium Battery Endurance
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I am trying to get a handle on various expenses that one might encounter as part of a solar install and future replacement of items. To that end, what has been your experience with AGM batteries WRT to the number of years before replacement. I know Lithium batteries are relatively new in the RV applic...
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BiggarView
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Our new batteries and inverter/charger
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Sometimes we wonder if it is good to be friends with RV solar people. We made some changes at AM Solar in Springfield, Oregon last week. Our AGM batteries were getting weak: So we replaced them with these: Even though we went from 440 amp-hours of AGM batteries (4 golf cart) to 400 amp-hours of Elite Po...
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Basic Boondocking Preparations
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We’ve been full-timing for a while and so far, its always been with full hookups. I’d like to try out national parks without hookups. We have a 2009 Cameo fifth wheel equipped with the following: 2 Trojan 6V batteries in series, an Onan 5500 propane generator, an Intellipower 9200 converter by Progr...
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DreamerBob
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Solar Installer Recommendation!
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I've just had Greg Young from RV Solar Solutions install my solar system on my '12 Mobile Suites and he did a fantastic job! Greg is hooked up with AM Solar and collaborates with them on installs. AM Solar is arguably the most reputable RV solar resource in the country. Greg and his partner Ethan came out...
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The Hensons
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Recharging batteries from a Generator
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Hypothetical questions regarding a 5.5K generator: (for this exercise, there is no solar capability) I'm not sure if the questions are properly framed but here goes... 1. how long would it take to more or less fully recharge 4 AGM batteries that were 50% down from 800ah capacity assuming that a 15K b...
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