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Old 05-24-2014, 08:23 PM  
dyna mo
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Yea read this guys site a few times. It comes off a bit crazy and it's kind unorganized but he knows his stuff.

http://handybobsolar.wordpress.com/

The moral of the story, is don't install solar unless you do it yourself, because 99% of the RV dealers have no clue what they are doing and they will sometimes purposely install low gauge wire to hinder performance in order to sell you more panels.

Also the RV dealers do insane mark ups on the products, so you are better off buying the stuff online.

Roof top AC is pretty much a no go, but if you get a good 12v fridge you can power everything else. I have heard of people powering small window units AC's but they usually require about 500w just for that.
I was aiming for 500watts actually, but yeah pricey, I've got a solar panel ecom site bookmarked but that's as far as I've gone on it, it helps figure out the needs and a full setup. I'll check out that site thanks,
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