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Re: Maximizing Solar Off Grid Potential - 740W Build
@Patrick In awe!
When I had a heavy wildlife camera mount on the roof, I used steel cable wrapped around the vent top as a redundant means of preventing anything flying away. But it sounds like your rack design is more than strong enough, so no second or third line of defense needed. Impressive.
I wish I'd done rigid, as I keep losing flex panels to hail. And while flexible panels have their pluses, if you avoid hail, or cover them before every storm, they start to age and the surface will haze just like plastic headlight lenses. No such worries with rigid glass panels.
And I love the ironic shore power connection in the picture, when you'll never need it again. Five heated Battleborns distributed throughout the cabin?
When I had a heavy wildlife camera mount on the roof, I used steel cable wrapped around the vent top as a redundant means of preventing anything flying away. But it sounds like your rack design is more than strong enough, so no second or third line of defense needed. Impressive.
I wish I'd done rigid, as I keep losing flex panels to hail. And while flexible panels have their pluses, if you avoid hail, or cover them before every storm, they start to age and the surface will haze just like plastic headlight lenses. No such worries with rigid glass panels.
And I love the ironic shore power connection in the picture, when you'll never need it again. Five heated Battleborns distributed throughout the cabin?
Re: Looking for advice - rodent deterrence with lights
How much property do you have control over? Chances are your house (like ours in SW New Mexico) was plunked down on prime Pack Rat habitat. There is the possibility of physically destroying nests on a regular basis and pushing back the population so the nearest food source is no longer you.
Check out the "Mr. Packrat" site: http://www.mrpackrat.net/ They are in the Tucson area. While pack rats are formidable and when disassembling nests are clearly "beaver of the desert", you can keep them at bay with perseverance. We continually scan Prickly Pear, Cholla, Soaptree Yucca and Beargrass for new nesting activity (over just under 12 acres). Use a 5 or 6 tine manure fork and scatter the interwoven yucca stalks and cholla ends. They even haul dog poop quite a way to cover nest and scare off predators not equipped with a fork. It's usually a year or more before another pack rat will start a rebuild on a destroyed site.
We also use short cycles of snap traps near the chicken coop or anywhere else in the inner yard we see telltale signs -- cholla branch ends. I know this all sounds like a lot of work, but it creates a new steady state that keeps them away from vehicles.
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Re: Maximizing Solar Off Grid Potential - 740W Build
I'm pretty sure that @AldebaranJill has a rigid panel with some kind of lift mechanism.NovaTab said:Nice job
I laughed when I open your pictures, I'm adding a 265W panel in very similar fashion in the next few weeks an I'm looking into tilting then with motorized linear pistons similar to gas shocks used on RV doors that way no climbing on a ladder or the roof.
Re: Maximizing Solar Off Grid Potential - 740W Build
Sounds awesome, let’s do itpthomas745 said:I was thinking with that much power available, the trailer could become a TabHovercraft.
Re: production numbers or percentages for 320 and 400?
I was just at Nucamp last week and based on what I saw in their lot behind the factory, I would guess its a 60/40 split 320's to 400s...maybe even higher on the 320s.
Re: production numbers or percentages for 320 and 400?
Sorry to hear that, Verna... please care for the caregiver as well...Verna said:@YanniLazarus, I’m very busy with a sick family member. Could you please email [email protected] and ask them if they have those numbers, please?
I will contact nucamp...
Re: 2 Way vs 3 Way fridge Options
@TomCanada, I think there is possibly zero 12V draw in propane mode. The thermocouple is non-electric (and there's no light inside!)
I'd check it for you, but the snow is getting too deep to get out to it!
Maybe in the spring...
I'd check it for you, but the snow is getting too deep to get out to it!
Maybe in the spring...
Re: Maximizing Solar Off Grid Potential - 740W Build
I was not intending anything about aerodynamics with my comment. I was thinking with that much power available, the trailer could become a TabHovercraft. 
Re: Jensen on/off switch?
@xdr - I have no certain knowledge about why the Jensen's power consumption is dramatically reduced if you turn it on, then off again. I can only assume it is a result of poor engineering/programming that results in the Jensen being in some intermediate state when power is first applied, and this is fixed when you power cycle it.