Project Choose Your Own Adventure

[ScottyB]

Do you have a way to measuring how much power you're getting from your panel?

my solar controller has the capability, but i need to get a bluetooth dongle to be able to see the info on my phone.  for now, its not important so i'll buy it once we get out the first few times.

to your point though, solar can be tricky.  here in the SE where we'll be doing 90% of our camping, its about average solar exposure.  half the game is also having the panel at the right inclination too, so conservatively i'd say we'll likely never surpass 60-70% efficiency no matter where we go.  again, not a huge deal breaker though since our power usage will be deliberately minimal.