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AlexP

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  1. Hi Kirk, In fall 2011 we did bootcamp, then bought an 8 year old Itasca Meridian 36. In the spring of 2013 we went to Mayo FL and John Palmer and I "negotiated" a solar install. I had a bunch of ideas that I had picked up from this forum and Jack Mayer's site. John had others. In the end we put 500 watts of residential panels on the roof and a Morningstar 60 MPPT controller and replaced the inverter with a Magnum 2000 pure sine wave, and 440 AH of LifeLine AGM batteries. Spent about $4300 for that. We have done a fair amount of boondocking since then from bluegrass festivals to driveway surfing to BLM land. Several years later we did add another panel to bring it up to 750 watts (panels had gone from 500 to 125 by then.) I work from the rig so I need to run the inverter and computers pretty much all day. Third panel made the difference between needing to be very careful, to not really needing to worry. Although 3 days of rain still means the generator starts. But the peace and quiet of solar is really nice. The LifeLIne batteries are still holding their own after 7 1/2 years. I have been very careful not to over discharge them, and know lots of folks who haven't had agms last as long, but for us it is working. Only maintenance is washing the panels from time to time. Crawl up on the roof with a roll of paper towels and a bottle of Windex. They have worked well for us and we would do it again. Alex
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