Thanks guys.
Thanks guys.
"There are no finger prints under water."
Update to my setup:
Just spent three nights, 3.5 days out with the family in the camper. Bowhunter Jamboree, with about 1000 other campers.
I swapped out a couple of Bulbs in the camper for some LED 1141 bulbs, Dome lights. They work very well, nice and bright. I need to change out two more so they are all LED.
I used my home made LED light strips, they worked well inside and outside the camper. I forgot to take pictures, but they light up everything. Can't miss my camper among all the others.
We ended up using the camper furnace/heater because the afamily was cold during the night. It was in the 40's each night. I ran out of propane early sunday morning, had to jump out and switch tanks. Brrrrrr
Solar setup worked well. New 100 watt panel, new charge controller that I mounted inside a ridged tool box from home depot. Put Power pole connectors on the outside; Panel In, Battery Charge out, Battery load from controller. The toolbox worked great, gave me a awesome place to store all the camper and solar cables I might need.
I was able to charge the battery back up in a couple hours. (according to the charge controller indicators)
Tons of comments from other campers. Wow, how well does it work? That thing doesn't make any noise huh! (Generators running all over the place at this event) Since we're in a popup, we really didn't have a reason for a generator, no big refrigerator, water heater, tv's. No inverter, just charging up the main battery each day.
I installed a USB and DC cig plug port into the camper before leaving. Everyone was able to charge up their cell phones and kindles the entire time we were there. Now I know where to install a 2nd and 3rd charge port because of location/people/cord issues.
The wife downloaded a movie to her kindle before leaving home and we watched that friday night. Small screen, but we all can huddle around and watch it.
View from our location looking south towards Buena Vista.
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Sometimes people trip and fall down stairs.
Sometimes assholes push people down stairs.
That doesn't mean "stairs are bad" nor does it make someone who pushes someone down the stairs any less of an asshole.
Nice setup.
"The French soldiers are grand. They are grand. There is no other word to express it."
- Arthur Conan Doyle, A visit to three fronts (1916)