- Joined
- Jan 19, 2021
- Messages
- 3,123
- Location
- Rosemary Farm, Grass Valley Ca
- RV Year
- 2016
- RV Make
- Newmar
- RV Model
- Ventana 3427
- RV Length
- 35
- Chassis
- Freightliner XCR
- Engine
- 6.7 ISB 360/800
- TOW/TOAD
- 2001 Jeep Wrangler
- Fulltimer
- No
I’ve decided its more of an expensive hobby or accomplishment or whatever to run ACs off solar/batteries than a worthwhile investment, and moved on to other pursuits. And not camping in the South in the summer makes a big difference.This one had $14,000 in batteries and the rest was Victron dual inverters and all the bells and whistles plus I think just under 3000 watts of panels on the roof. But I am to old to recover the cost of that.
My “dream system” that I have since abandoned included about 20kwh of Leaf modules, and a Victron 8kw 48v inverter, but staying with my current 1575w of solar due to small roof area. Either that or buy a bigger coach too!
But that would also mean abandoning all the Magnum components in the coach, just so I could camp where I really don’t want to anyway. If I have to go where I need AC, I’ll just visit CGs with hook-ups.