mothercoder
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I'm doing an extensive spread sheet (nothing else to do with my time apparently) of dream, okay and bare bones needs.
I will be getting a cargo trailer that will be converted. It will have a 15 amp shore plug. My power needs to start will be a vent fan, a couple LED lights and charging my phone and tablet. I will be honest here and say that battery and solar power perplex me, but that's another post for another day.
Anyway, I will have to choose between a generator and solar -- can't afford to do both out the gate. I have been thinking a generator makes more sense because it will always be available to charge batteries but I won't always have sun. I have no clue how to connect a battery in my cargo trailer to my vehicle battery to charge when I'm driving (see "perplex" statement above). So let's make some assumptions: Let's assume I can figure out how to charge a house battery with either a generator or solar. But what really would be the most sensible arrangement for the least amount of money to reliably get me the power I need until I can get a really good set up? One 100 watt panel, a mediocre controller and inverted and a couple car batteries? A generator and a couple crap car batteries?
Yeah, I'm in over my head on this. Someone save me!
I will be getting a cargo trailer that will be converted. It will have a 15 amp shore plug. My power needs to start will be a vent fan, a couple LED lights and charging my phone and tablet. I will be honest here and say that battery and solar power perplex me, but that's another post for another day.
Anyway, I will have to choose between a generator and solar -- can't afford to do both out the gate. I have been thinking a generator makes more sense because it will always be available to charge batteries but I won't always have sun. I have no clue how to connect a battery in my cargo trailer to my vehicle battery to charge when I'm driving (see "perplex" statement above). So let's make some assumptions: Let's assume I can figure out how to charge a house battery with either a generator or solar. But what really would be the most sensible arrangement for the least amount of money to reliably get me the power I need until I can get a really good set up? One 100 watt panel, a mediocre controller and inverted and a couple car batteries? A generator and a couple crap car batteries?
Yeah, I'm in over my head on this. Someone save me!