Lou Schneider

I wouldn't recommend it. Like Pappy said, it's in the middle of a major construction project for the Ram's new stadium and the casino itself isn't that large, just a card room and sports book. And it's not in the best neighborhood.

I'd look for an overnight stop outside of the L.A. basin. Depending on your route, there are a couple of large truck stops on I-5 north of the Grapevine and two casinos that allow overnight parking along I-10 at Hwy 86, at the eastern edge of Indio (Palm Springs).

Then time your trip through the L.A. for very early Saturday morning to miss most of the traffic.

Ummmm, no, I will actually have 95 amps at the controller on a full sunny day at 110v. It's not the little cheapie coleman panels. lol it's actually a home off the grid system modified slightly to fit an RV. (smaller batteries to save weight.) I am using 4 residential panels.

I don't mean to argue, but you might want to verify those figures before you are disappointed in the performance of your system.

95 amps at 110 volts is 10,450 watts or 10.45 Kw.

Here's a description and photo of a 7,600 watt (7.6 Kw) residential system, from the Altenergy, Inc. website. Notice it uses slightly more than 4 panels, and a bit more roof space than you have on your RV.

A system that delivers 1,140 peak watts will give you 95 peak amps at 12 volts. That matches your battery voltage and is a lot more realistic for a system that will fit on the roof of an RV.

Hey Pat and Pete!

 

95 amps is almost sticks and bricks capacity for 70 percent of the homes in the US. Most of them have a 100 amp service. Basically, after the rather high cost of the system, power is totally free. That and a 400 dollar battery every 4 to 6 years.

Whoa, pardner! You don't have nearly as much power as you think. The panels will provide 95 amps at 12 volts, not 95 amps at 120 volts.

Power = Voltage X Current, so 10 amps at 12 volts equals 1 amp at 120 volts. The peak power from your solar panels is equivalent to 9.5 amps at 120 volts, or 1140 watts. About half as much power as you can draw from a single 20 amp outlet.

Same thing for the 120 amp alternator on the main engine. That's 1440 watts, or 12 amps at 120 volts - at high RPMs. The output will be a lot less at idle speeds.

Given all of that, I'd still go for a home refrigerator. It won't die if you don't park perfectly level, it's performance will be much better than an absorption refrigerator, especially in hot weather, and the new Energy Star models use much less power than older refrigerators. The daily power draw is well within the capacity of your solar and battery system so you should be able to boondock indefinitely without the refrigerator draining your battery..

But I'd think about including a generator unless you only want to run the air conditioner or an electric heater when you're plugged into shore power.