mtbikernate
Well-Known Member
You can have both. And depending on your willingness to climb on the roof, they could even be the same panels that you remove from the roof and set out in the sunshine when you get to camp.I camp in the woods and like to keep the trailer shaded under the trees. So I have my panels on portable mounts that I can move around the campsite to catch the sun wherever it strikes the ground.
I have a little squaredrop camper so reaching the roof is fairly easy. As such, I've begun building out my solar installation so that my panels can be either on the ground or on the roof. At the moment, they're just on-the-ground panels on a long extension cord. I'm currently collecting the parts to make roof mounts so the panels are removable.
Having one or more panels on the roof is going to generally give you really good charging while you're on the road with simpler wiring and electrical components (as compared to having a dc-to-dc charger esp in combination with a solar charge controller) since most roads generally are pretty exposed to the sun.
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