Clifford - Ugly panels? What about ugly being the shades bolted onto the side of the bus? And let's not forget the generator noise groaning along and disrupting and masking the sound of nature? All tradeoffs - I say ditch the generator and go silent!
So those would hide your solar panels.
FYI - There are all sorts of batteries available on the secondary market, That is why I stated one needs to get educated before jumping in. In your case, it does not many any sense to pursue that and I apologize if you felt I was pressuring you that way.
These batteries made it through the night just fine when I first installed them. They are 12 volt. I was incorrect on the amp hours. They are 170 amp hour batteries. They are set up essentially as three 24 volt 170 AH batteries. I use equal length battery cables for all batteries.
OK, they're 12vdc, 170 amp hour batteries, but again, what "Group Size" are they?
They are a telecom battery which is not really a standard group size.