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Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-01-2018, 07:35 PM
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Posted By Brian B-P
That seems plausible in California. Here,...

That seems plausible in California. Here, off-season, a 100 watt (peak) horizontal panel wouldn't likely generate 600 Wh in an entire day. Then there's cloud, rain, shaded campsites...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-01-2018, 07:32 PM
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Views: 7,898
Posted By Brian B-P
Good to know. The Escape website's options list...

Good to know. The Escape website's options list for the 17' does not show this requirement.

The options list for the 17' and 19' show that dual 6V batteries are required for the inverter, but not...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 09-28-2018, 12:55 PM
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Views: 7,898
Posted By Brian B-P
I don't see anything other than civility in the...

I don't see anything other than civility in the responses to your post, Jim.

One reason for the apparent conflict is that the forum is specifically about Escape trailers, and Escape has an...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 09-26-2018, 06:38 PM
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Views: 7,898
Posted By Brian B-P
That works, but is inconvenient and risks...

That works, but is inconvenient and risks discharging the battery in a pointless cycle of trying to charge itself if you ever plug the shore power cord into the inverter and forget to turn the...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 09-26-2018, 06:28 PM
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Views: 7,898
Posted By Brian B-P
Not quite that simple. The panels only produce...

Not quite that simple. The panels only produce that voltage when in full sun and not connected to anything (the open-circuit voltage or VOC). When connected to a battery, they produce something...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 09-20-2018, 12:17 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,898
Posted By Brian B-P
Hours of power?

It doesn't mean anything by itself, both because it is not the solar system which is being used when devices are turned on and using power, and because time doesn't by itself measure energy.

...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 09-20-2018, 12:16 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,898
Posted By Brian B-P
Energy balance

Since batteries are not perfectly efficient, you need to put more into them than you will get out, but they allow you to use energy (run stuff) at a different time than you get energy (have the...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 09-20-2018, 12:13 PM
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Views: 7,898
Posted By Brian B-P
Solar power and energy in the trailer

As others have tried to explain

the solar panels convert the energy to sunshine to electrical energy,
the charge controller regulates the rate that energy from the panel goes into the battery,...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 09-19-2018, 08:16 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,898
Posted By Brian B-P
Most people who get solar probably get the dual...

Most people who get solar probably get the dual 6-volt batteries, and this trailer might have them, but from the ETI website (https://escapetrailer.com/trailers/the-17-foot-escape/) description there...
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