Fox
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I'm being forced to move/ park my fifth off-site and my best/ closest choice of secure parking places doesn't have a power source (nor any protective sun covers). While I'm not happy it is what it is, at least for awhile.
As we only visit campgrounds with full connections I'm only needing a solar system to keep the batteries topped off between trips (so I can operate the jacks). I expect portables would grow legs so I won't even consider them (even though I am pre-wired for such a system).
Today I spoke with my RV dealers parts division; surprisingly they didn't impress me with their knowledge base on this subject. I made an appointment several weeks out to bring my 5vr in so they can better ascertain what I have (then get on the phone and educate themselves) and what I need.
In the meantime I wish to pick y'alls brains. Will 150W solar power keep the battery charged? What kind of prices (hardware and labor) is normal? My uneducated guess is perhaps $1000 for a dealer installation.
I expect this park place will provide (on average) good sun-light several winter days week, more in the summer. Perhaps an occasional bad week but not normally.
Once again, we won't be dry camping and depending on it, we just need to keep the battery charged.
One exception - when the original battery goes bad I'll likely change over to two batteries; but not those $800 (each) ones - just some mid-priced batteries - so a solar system keeping that in mind would long term be beneficial.
Thank you in advance.
As we only visit campgrounds with full connections I'm only needing a solar system to keep the batteries topped off between trips (so I can operate the jacks). I expect portables would grow legs so I won't even consider them (even though I am pre-wired for such a system).
Today I spoke with my RV dealers parts division; surprisingly they didn't impress me with their knowledge base on this subject. I made an appointment several weeks out to bring my 5vr in so they can better ascertain what I have (then get on the phone and educate themselves) and what I need.
In the meantime I wish to pick y'alls brains. Will 150W solar power keep the battery charged? What kind of prices (hardware and labor) is normal? My uneducated guess is perhaps $1000 for a dealer installation.
I expect this park place will provide (on average) good sun-light several winter days week, more in the summer. Perhaps an occasional bad week but not normally.
Once again, we won't be dry camping and depending on it, we just need to keep the battery charged.
One exception - when the original battery goes bad I'll likely change over to two batteries; but not those $800 (each) ones - just some mid-priced batteries - so a solar system keeping that in mind would long term be beneficial.
Thank you in advance.
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