Big Solar! Tiny Generator!

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tx2sturgis

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Seen at Quartzfest 2018:


4860 watts:

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Notice the box store A/C hanging out the window of that RV?



350 watts:

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Rated at 6 amps DC....just enough to keep a battery charged under light loads, and I was told it's RF quiet.

Both of these change my expectations of what is do-able.
 

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The things I would do with all that solar...

Here I am drooling about upgrading mine from 265w to 1k.
 
Slowly people are beginning to understand what a real solar generator is all about. You do not have to go that extreme though. I do just fine with 1185 watts, a 800 watt generator and a 5000 BTU A/C.

I wonder what his real battery bank looks like.
 
With all that solar you would think they could plug in an electric battery charger instead of using a generator!
 
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