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Open Roads Forum  >  General RVing Issues  > Towable Solar Generator This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next Burp • View posts St. George's Island, MD Senior Member Joined: 04/07/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/01/10 12:16pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Want to save a bunch of gas or diesel? Here is a "Solar Generator" that you can tow behind you. May be great for boondocking. It will put out about 3K watts, maybe not enough for a 40' MH with two ACs. There are some down sides. You have to keep moving it so it points to the sun. It does cost about $6,500. That includes the batteries. But it is a lot quieter than an Onan (no sound). You can find the information at http://www.coyleindustries.com. 2007 Winnebago Voyage 33V (Workhorse, W20) 2008 Saturn Aura, Falcon 2, BrakeMaster 2008 Suzuki S83 (VS1400) Me, the Wife , Edgar and Sarah Places we have camped in an RV PapPappy • View posts Wilmington, NC Senior Member Joined: 12/23/2007 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/01/10 01:24pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I think I'd rather just have the panels on the roof. Actually, I think I have a larger array on my roof....not sure of the actual Kw produced, though I know it will run the A/C for awhile. Call me paranoid, but I worry that someone would steal the trailer! Plus, if I want to bring a toad, I can't bring the solar trailer.....and it's not cheap! I can burn a lot of gasoline in the genset, to work my way up to $6500. Unless we were boondocking all the time, or Full-timing, I think it would be hard to justify the expense, and a decade or so before you would see the payback Bill & Claudia / DD Jenn / DS Chris / GS MJ Dogs: Sophie, Abby, Brandy, Kahlie, Annie, Maggie, Tugger & Beau RIP: Cookie, Foxy & Gidget @ Rainbow Bridge. 2000 Winnebago "Minnie" 31C, Ford V-10 Purchased April 2008 FMCA# F407293 The Pets hershey • View posts Albuquerque,(fulltime) NM, USA Senior Member Joined: 06/04/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/01/10 02:31pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Sounds like something that only the government could afford when compared with the possibility of a payback. If one did not already have a generator onboard, you might be able to justify the money but I'd still rather have a 2000 watt Honda for less than a grand and its a lot easier to transport. hershey - albuquerque, nm Someday Finally Got Here My wife does all the driving - I just get to hold the steering wheel. Superman was an illegal alien. Expedition - Suzuki Grand Viagra NASCAR 14 - 99 - 5 plascell • View posts Lynchburg, VA Senior Member Joined: 01/13/2002 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/01/10 02:45pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The total solar panel is rated at 224 watts, 8.8 amps. Stored power will run 100 watt bulb for 16 hours. Probably no better than solar powered highway construction sign. Pete W4WWQ DX70 IC-2800 Pressure-Pro X-10 camera 2006 Chevy 3500 CC LB 4WD DRW Duramax auto-6 2003 Cardinal 29WB LX EU3000is Roto-Choks 300W from www.amsolar.com jerold222 • View posts Southern Minnesota Senior Member Joined: 02/25/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/01/10 05:17pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Sounds way over priced for what you are getting but it is an interesting concept for any one that wanted to build their own. But an onboard solar system is much practical for most RV's. They use gell cell batteries but capacity is not great. I thought gell cell batteries were not supposed to be used for high amp discharge applicaations? They say 20 amp at 120 volts. Or am I mistaken? * This post was edited 09/01/10 05:25pm by jerold222 * KD0KRY 1998 Winnebago Chieftain 35 WH and a 2004 Honda CRV toad mikhen • View posts oley, pa Senior Member Joined: 05/29/2006 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/01/10 06:32pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator 3k watts of solar sounds like a lot for 1 panel. It would be able to run pretty much stuff with the right inverter. 2005 Sunseeker 3100 QBS My Camping Blogs SCVJeff • View posts Santa Clarita, CA. Senior Member Joined: 07/28/2006 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/01/10 07:11pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator If you read the website carefully and replace the obvious missing words, it's a solar charged battery stack with a 3.6k inverter underneath the panel. and will probably run that way till the battery runs out. The following 2 days will be recharging the batteries from that (maybe) 200W panel. Jeff - WA6EQU '06 Itasca Meridian 34H, CAT C7/350 atreis • View posts IN Senior Member Joined: 08/29/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/02/10 04:06pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Looks way over-priced to me, but the concept could be useful for tent-campers that want power while boondocking. 2009 Trail-Sport TS21RBH 2008 Toyota Sienna ryanallie1 • View posts Magalia, Calif Senior Member Joined: 04/12/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 09/04/10 08:40am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Hi All. Way to expensive. Not in my life time. That is what a RV Roof Top is for. Or get a Portable, Plug-N-Play 120 Watt Panel Kit, for $795 I believe ?. New Set-up at AM Solar.com Good Luck. Happy Travels. Dan & Jill 1998-33.5 Rexhall, Rexair SL. 460 EFI. F-53. HWH Levelers. 5.5G Gen. Convection/Microwave. 12 Cu Ft Side by Side. Water Purifier. Water Softner. 2 A/C's. Alarm Systems. 2 Honda EU2000i W/Kit. Toad CR-V W/SMI System. FMCA #F414397 Nam-Vet, 66-67-68,& 70-71 wp6529 • View posts TX Senior Member Joined: 08/26/2006 View Profile Posted: 09/04/10 09:03pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator A decent start at the idea, but inadequate execution. If I were to build a towable solar array, it would have a fold out panel array at least 4X that size, with a tracker mount and leveling outriggers for the trailer. In particular, in folded mode, there would be no visible / vulnerable solar panels. 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