Solar generator

[wmgeorge]

I put a Bluetti 200Max in my 2000 Roadtrek 190 Popular into the closet. You can charge it while driving with an adapter to the 20amp outlet on the dash. It has about a 4000 surge capacity. I can run the A/C and microwave at the same time. The limiting factor is for how long. The A/C will run for about 1.5 hours. I also have a portable 200amp solar panel which helps prolong the battery life. Overall, between the propane and this system I can boon dock for a couple of days, especially if I don’t use the A/C much.

You have a 200 Watt solar panel, you could not carry a 200 amp panel!

I installed an 800 watt total set of solar panels and I have 3 LiFePo batteries and a 1000 watt charger/inverter runs half my shop

Folks basic ohms law, a motor takes 746 or 800 watts weither on 12 V DC or 120 V AC its the watts, no energy savings either way, its all about Watts. In fact running on 12 volts requires a huge wire size to carry the load. Horsepower to watts (W) conversion calculator

 

[ChristyCappello]

I have a 1800-2000 watt ALLPOWERS solar power station. When I’m boondocking I will plug my power cord into my power station & hook up 2-100 watt, folding panels. As you can see, as long as I have sun, I’m at 100%. I can run my microwave to heat something up. I haven’t run my A/C with my power station. Since the A/C is about 1500 watts, it probably only last an hour. I do have an onan that I run my A/C with, but not all day or night. My RT is a 01D190V.

 

[booster]

I have a 1800-2000 watt ALLPOWERS solar power station. When I’m boondocking I will plug my power cord into my power station & hook up 2-100 watt, folding panels. As you can see, as long as I have sun, I’m at 100%. I can run my microwave to heat something up. I haven’t run my A/C with my power station. Since the A/C is about 1500 watts, it probably only last an hour. I do have an onan that I run my A/C with, but not all day or night. My RT is a 01D190V.

Two 100 watt panels will give you in the range of 60ah of 12v power, or 720watt hours on average. 60ah per day should be quite easy to stay within if you have a gas frig. Of course if it is cloudy for a couple of days you can go down pretty quickly so need some battery capacity to cover it.

I looked at their site and their specs are very contradictory and don't appear to make a lot of sense. For instance they list 1500wh and being 405,XXX milliamp hours, but they could only get the 405K number by using the 3.7v for the individual cells, not the final 13v unit which would be 115,XXX milliamp hours. Other stuff also. I do wish they would start letting the tech people write the specs and not marketing groups.

That doesn't change the fact that is working for you, and that is what counts.

 

[RT-NY]

I looked at their site and their specs are very contradictory and don't appear to make a lot of sense. For instance they list 1500wh and being 405,XXX milliamp hours, but they could only get the 405K number by using the 3.7v for the individual cells, not the final 13v unit which would be 115,XXX milliamp hours.

I have noticed this as well, on Amazon descriptions of batteries or power packs of various sorts: they emphasize a very large number for "amp hours" and de-emphasize watt hours -- but, as you say, the amp hours will be specified at a lower voltage than the expected actual 12v usage. It looks to me to be intentionally misleading, to make it seem like you are getting more power than you actually are.