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Many thanks for the suggestions! I'm looking forward to trying that one in Quartzsite. I'm don't see the rest area blythe and the AZ border on the map though.

Ok, I'll admit it, I'm a cheapskate. I usually get water from rivers or spigots behind commercial buldings for free (thank you silcock key!), but in Arizona it all tastes awful. Anyone know where to get halfway decent water for free or cheap in western AZ? I'm not a huge fan of shelling out $20...

Turns out it was a bad diode. Thanks guys!

I've got three solar panels. Two of them produce typical amps at 18v. When I add the third panel, it reads 13v and 0.0 amps. Is there anything a DIYer can do about it or is my third panel destined for the landfill?

Fantastic answers, thank you!

Have you ever noticed how some BLM land on a map looks like a chess board? It's got me curious how that happened. Is it illegal to camp on a non-blm square that's surrounded on four sides by blm squares?

Thank you for the input. As mentioned before I will be upgrading soon. My question is, how long will I need to idle the engine to top up the batteries?

I appreciate all your input, and yes in the future I will be getting a better setup as I mentioned. But this is what I have to work with for now. My cellphone has a 3100mah battery, but it needs several charges throughout the day.

My 95 dodge cummins' batteries have a RC of 280 and not much in the way of electrodigicals. The ignition has a position for just the cigarette lighter. But I'd assume that the would be much higher for the 1 or 2 amp draw of a phone charger since batteries lose capacity as current increases.

I need to charge my cellphone from my vehicle's starter battery, with the key in the accessory position. I'm camped in one location and not driving around at the moment, so roughly how long should I idle the engine to keep the battery topped up? I'd like to use 10ah a day with the key in the...