Solar capabilities

[Milfordmarty]

We just bought a 2018 Redhawk 31XL. We had solar installed by the dealer. My expectation was to be able to run our air conditioner when boondocking as well as our AC outlets. On our first boondock we discovered that the solar panels only charged the batteries and powered the TV.

Does anyone have a better solor installation. How or where did you have it done? How much was invested?

My dealer said they cant to it and basically is not feasible.

What are your thoughs?

Milfordmarty

[Mustang65]

Nothing is impossible!!!! IF you want to spend THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of DOLLARS and then you will still be limited with how long you can run your Air Conditioner, it can be done. I am sure the members that have gone with LifeP04 batteries wild give you some direction on this subject.
Don
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RVing with SOLAR

[Les7h]

As Mustang65 says it can be done but you would need a trailer to haul the batteries and solar panels & a lot of money - I would be surprised if it could be done for $20,000.00 maybe double that Les

[thirdktm]

My understanding is that the primary purpose of going solar is so that you can do two things with greater independance: dry camp and maintain the charge of the coach battery without using the generator.
Expecting more is either costly or not realistic, or both.
We are thinking about choosing a portable Zamp solar setup....but I have not determined how many watts it should be...We drive a 24-foot Class C...............

[GScott]

There are 3 expensive components you would need.
Much more solar power probably 1,000 Watts.
Lots of batterries probably 10 or more
A large capacity inverter 3-4,000 watt

A modest generator should allow you to run an AC for a few hours a day.