info needed 12v inverters & solar panel chargers

Al2O3 said:

@kevstar
Here's a quick snippet from

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Al2O3 said:

I've had one other identical day to that at Glenshee, in 2018. Others have been fairly standard. On one visit, when you took the T bar to the top of Butchart's is was so windy as you reached the top you had to immediately fall to the ground to avoid being blown over. You then had to unclip your skis and crawl with them, commando style down hill, until you got in the lee of the top of the hill. You could then stand up, put your skis on and ski down. Hard skiing that day
I think I'd break something if I tried snowboarding

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A lot of skiers cant board it takes a bit of getting use to a but couple of hours practice & it will be a sneeze

Al2O3 said:

Sorry, mate. This is clogging up your 12v charging thread

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Ah no worries it will come back at some point, I like how the threads change course.

Do you have your tent yet?
This video might help get your thread back on track.
The temperatures on the test look impressive. I had to watch it twice to spot the Crua tent result.

Al2O3 said:

Do you have your tent yet?
This video might help get your thread back on track.
The temperatures on the test look impressive. I had to watch it twice to spot the Crua tent result.

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Nope I don't have my new tent yet I just had a glance at the website they look decent just bookmarked it
& I will go back to read more when the house isn't buzzing

I got offered a generator today brand new same as this but he said make him an offer not sure if I need it prob be
very handy.
http://www.localtoolsales.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=270

kevstar said:

I got offered a generator today brand new same as this but he said make him an offer not sure if I need it prob be
very handy.
http://www.localtoolsales.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=270

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That looks like it would be very handy for those peak demand times. Dare I say, when the Mrs has the hair dryer on in the morning

kevstar said:

Ah no worries it will come back at some point,

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Back on course.

Al2O3 said:

Doubt you'd get much worthwhile from a solar panel.

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You can power plenty from solar, but you need plenty of sun and space for the panels

kevstar said:

I will be fitting 2 leisure battery's but im clueless to what to look for I don't want cheap nasty
gear either, Im sure I need a pure sine wave inverter but what wattage to go for, my misses
will be running all sorts of gear & if the battery's go flat I will be a muppet (cant have this happen)
I would like to be able to charge when im driving also mains power hook up & a solar charger ect

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If you're after some decent off grid power, then avoid lead acid batteries. They may be cheap, but also lack power storage capacity and life, although it depends on your budget. Really you need to be using LifePO4 batteries, which give much more useable energy and huge working life. For solar energy gathering, that depends on how much energy in Watt hours you need from the batteries. As a general rule, calculate the number of Wh by taking the solar panel wattage and multiply by 3 for a days energy collection. So a 100 Watt panel would give you around 300 Wh of energy in a typical UK day. On a full sun day you'll get 6 times the panel wattage.
On a rainy day you'll be lucky too see 100 Wh of energy from a 100 Watt panel.

If you're planning on using a big inverter, then you're going to need at least 500 Watts of panels, and a couple of KWhr of battery storage.