I didn't see a category specific to off-grid only systems, so I figure this is best asked here.
I've done a good bit of reading on this, and am having a hard time synthesizing the information into a good answer, so here it is:
I am building a bus into an RV. Its about 30 ft long and its going to house me and my lady.
I am getting the sense that my ideal is a bit ambitious for the amount of solar panels I can fit on the bus, so I'm going to try to give you a sense of what my electrical draw would be like and see what knowledgable solar people think.
Standard stuff like lights, fridge, electric cooktop, water pump, laptop and phones will be charging on this system, but thats not the ambitious part.
I want to be able to do a bit of music production in there as well, which means I'll have a digital piano (12W), an audio interface (~12W variable), a set of monitor speakers (80W ea.), an LCD monitor (40W) (some of these wattages are very estimated and possibly very wrong)
Then a few fancy things like LED light strips for partying when the need arises.
Based on my back-of-the-envelope excel calculations, it would be about 3-3.5 KWh/day when used irrationally liberally.
I have been looking into a Lithium-ion setup and I think 4 panels would be a manageable number, is it possible?
Any advice or insight into any part of this would be greatly appreciated.
I've done a good bit of reading on this, and am having a hard time synthesizing the information into a good answer, so here it is:
I am building a bus into an RV. Its about 30 ft long and its going to house me and my lady.
I am getting the sense that my ideal is a bit ambitious for the amount of solar panels I can fit on the bus, so I'm going to try to give you a sense of what my electrical draw would be like and see what knowledgable solar people think.
Standard stuff like lights, fridge, electric cooktop, water pump, laptop and phones will be charging on this system, but thats not the ambitious part.
I want to be able to do a bit of music production in there as well, which means I'll have a digital piano (12W), an audio interface (~12W variable), a set of monitor speakers (80W ea.), an LCD monitor (40W) (some of these wattages are very estimated and possibly very wrong)
Then a few fancy things like LED light strips for partying when the need arises.
Based on my back-of-the-envelope excel calculations, it would be about 3-3.5 KWh/day when used irrationally liberally.
I have been looking into a Lithium-ion setup and I think 4 panels would be a manageable number, is it possible?
Any advice or insight into any part of this would be greatly appreciated.
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