A quick stop at Redlands Truck and RV to get solar panels installed. We now have 480 watts through a PWM, pulse width modulated, controller. With an all electric coach we want to be able to do some dry camping, or boondocking. Still a lot to understand, but we did leave the coach for a day with some lights on, an overhead fan running plus the main refrigerator and the outside fridge/freezer in the basement. The battery voltage dropped from 12.8v to 12.4 volts, to about 50% charged. Seems ok, but will need to better understand how much power we use and what is required to keep the coach powered up. The first priority is to keep the electric refrigerator running through the night. We do have a generator if we are not able to control our electrical usage. We’ll see.
By the way, Redlands Truck and RV has done an excellent job, not only on the solar, but they also installed the Air Force One auxiliary braking system in our Jeep. Not only did they do quality work, they took the time to explain all work done, plus they have a small, full hook up campground! We were able to coordinate our travels, spend a couple of nites in their campground and get the work done. Very satisfied!
So far, so good.