Show a and tell,electrical/solar upgrade costs (tell only)

[A Rooney]

Not going to drag up actual receipts with attending shipping costs etc
Charger converter......$200
Solar charge controller..$130
Trimetric monitor........$145
Shunt/wiring harness/temp monitor for above $80
6 gauge wire from panel marine grade duplex $100
Misc breakers heavy gauge lugs/wire from controller to battery $50
Heavy duty mounting hardware to elevate panel........$100
150 watt solar panel...................................$225
2 Sears agm.............................................$425

So about $1,500 but without an inverter

Steve arooney

[Scott]

Hey thanks for posting this.

Are you happy with the results? Anything you'd like to add or omit from the system?

[A Rooney]

It's very balanced to my needs,I hardly run the generator and never need to run it to charge my batteries.(IMO that's just a slow noisy waste of gas and time) I never seem to draw my batteries very far down boon docking (but I am frugal with electricity)thought I would add a panel when I started but so far 150 watt works fine.I would like to add an inverter someday,for no particular reason except for the ability to run a 110 appliance in the kitchen without having to run that awful noisy generator.I don't run the air conditioner,and open the windows and run quiet fans,so I could live without a generator and air conditioner.When I camped by Horse thief springs in Mojave desert last summer it was brutal I admit but I managed.Propane fridge,let's just say since I switched out the board with a dinosaur I seem to manage...It kept the Popsicle pops frozen in the Mojave that night,and simple man that am that satisfied my needs.However a small Ac refer would satisfy my needs,and believe me I read those posts with great attention. Rooney