FREE CAMPING

Mim,a bloody gennie would.
Bob.

Ok, so what have you got a camper or a van?
In either case a solar panel free standing can be chained to the left vehicle and only the determined thief would take it.
Our solar P has been left many times chained like a dawg to the van on a suitable length and we have never had it touched. Some people have even offered to reface it when the sun moves off it.

Why are you shouting?

Assuming you want 240V, then apart from the ac unit you could run the rest on a small inverter.

Im not sure what you mean by free camping...........is it anything like free balling?

Hello Mim

Please don't type in Upper Case as it is considered to be shouting on the internet and is very bad etiquette.

Buy yourself a Honda Generator 2.0 and you will be able to power all your needs.

Cheers

Hi Mim - here is an excellent site for all things electrical, for vans etc.

the address is www.caravanandmotorhomebooks.com
Click to enter the site, then click on 'Articles'.
If my link below works, just click on it :

Collyn Rivers

regards..................Keith

Mim,,, I have just purchased a 2000 Watt inverter from Repco $499.00 on special. Fitted it the other day and it will run everything in the van including a 60 Ltr 240 volt deep freeze. I have two 80 watt solar panels mounted on the roof charging two 130 amp hour batteries. Now this all sounds good but solar has its limitations, you need as much sun as you can get and a cloudy day is its worst enemy. Even on a clear day you only get full charge from about 10am -3pm and nothing at night. As Willem has suggested you will still need a genset as a backup at least, a genset is the only sure way if you plan to use TV etc for a long period without travelling to charge the batteries. Yes there are a lot of people who hate generators but I work on the principal. If I pull into a camp and there are people already there and no generators are running I ask if they mind,if they do I move. If I am there first and other people arrive they live with it or they move on, I think that is fair. Regards Nav.

If you are going off for the day most days, you have the capacity to charge a battery.
Loks like the problem is that the battery is not going with you, so you need to charge the battery left in the van.
Why not have two battery packs, Derek at Sidewinder (ABR advert) on this forum makes some for example, and swap them over every day or so.
If not you will have two fully charged batteries for a little while.

CAN U GET A MINI NUCLEAR REACTOR THESE DAYS SUITED FOR CAMPING?

Mim, it depends where you want to go - if it is sunny, set up solar and you won't need a genny.

We had a portable solar panel and one deep cycle battery (ran the fridge and 2 lights, but wouldn't have been sufficient for water pumps), and never gave theft a thought - just put it out to face the sun when we stopped. We left the genny at home. We had a wind-up caravan then, that with canvas was not burglar proof at all. Never gave security a thought. We generally either free camped right away from anyone, or in national park type campsites, with an occasional visit to a caravan park in a town.

Now we have a caravan set up with 4 roof mounted solar panels and 3 deep cycle batteries which give ample power for fridge, lights, water pumps, shower etc. We have inverters to run 240 volt things, such as electric shaver, phone and camera batteries, electric soldering iron, rechargeable batteries for electric drill etc. You'll need the Honda 20i genny if you want to run the air con in the caravan.

Got all the mods an cons in my 20ft van 125watt solar panel,64watt back up,
110 amp agm battery, Runs tv,cd player,dvd,lights,fan, water pump,toilet, gotta watch the useage.And we just got the Honda 20i and it runs everything even the
fridge, Air/Cond, So we will be Cool this Summer. Gennys are good just think of other campers too.
Eat ya hearts out.