FYI Clifford. Qualty panels have a lifespan far greater than 7 years. Maybe he was talking about the increase in capacity and tech or possibly the efficiency loss over time. Could be a typical govt. worker who doesn't like having to do more work because more solar going on roofs. Unless he had specific expertise in solar, then why take what he says for anything other than gibberish?
Jim how do you get diesel delivered to the bus in an rv park.
Dave, I don't know why it would be any harder than a residential delivery. It's not like the delivery trucks are big or anything, about the same size as a propane delivery truck actually. Much smaller than a lot of RVs. I get both delivered at my house. Propane for the shop (100gal tank and they will top it off. Prefer to in fact.) and diesel for the mower (100 gal tank and I fill it when it runs dry or is about to.) I buy the red fuel but they carry the yellow on the same truck. So I can't imagine they wouldn't want to sell it. Probably would have more to do with the travel distance than anything else but if you will buy I expect they will fly. Just might be a surcharge for a long trip.One winter in Toledo I rented a 100lb bottle and had the local propane service swap them out as needed in the trailer park I camped out in. They would just bring around a truck with a lift gate. They would have left me two bottles if I had wanted them, or a 100gal tank. Made no difference to them. I went through 2 or 3 bottles while I was up there. It was a small camper trailer. Had to mount a fan on the propane furnace to get enough heat out of it to keep warm. Forced air sure does raise the efficiency.I've got no complaints about solar, I think it's a great idea and eventually it will be affordable by the average Joe. Might even become the de-facto standard. But we aren't there yet. I am glad some of you can afford it because we need sales to push development and bring the price down so the rest of us can afford it. But as far as I am concerned, for RVs the name of the game is redundancy. If every other option fails I want to still be able to go outside and build a campfire to keep warm and cook. But I put that way down the list, and every option comes with a cost. Propane is one of if not THE lowest cost option. A basic portable bottle and Coleman cook stove can do the job of letting you cook and stay warm. May not be the safest, but when the chips are down you will use it. From there you rise in sophistication and cost. At some point you will find your balance point. A different one for everyone. To me that means that propane is the basic ingredient in the RV power formula. If you are well heeled enough to avoid the lower cost options and ignore the benefits of redundancy then congratulations to you, you have made it to the top, or near enough to be content. The rest of us will continue to plug away like we always have.Jim
Since my ultimate goal is chasing 70 degree weather around the country and going heavy in on solar I went pure electric on my bus.
For lookers and buyers that want total electric buses I see Ritche Bro has some electric powered transit buses up for auction. I wonder how you could charge one if used it for RVing
We ask around and most rv parks will not let you charge electric vehicles on the pole.
I run the Starlink 24/7 and that gobbles up 2kw alone.
There's supposedly an option in the app where you can instruct the dish to go silent during the night.
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