Back in the days camping is camping, which means taking your tents and nothing else to the wilds, like the Tepee to the American Indians. That's because electricity was not available for them and that is how camping should be. Today however, we have RVs and campers for sale that can put the best tepees to shame. But unless you're a full time Rvier you don't need appliances like the television or CD/DVD players, computers, netbooks etc. they're unnecessary and will cut down some quality times in the woods. If you are planning to watch something exciting on the television over the weekend, stay in your house and go fishing the next weekend. Camping means unplugging yourselves from these gadgets. Camping is about listening to critters and wolf calls at night, wandering about in the woods by day, taking only pictures and leaving only footprints.
Rvs and campers for sale have pre-installed power sources, and in some used truck campers or travel trailers, generators are also included. But as much as possible you need to cut down on your power consumptions, except if it's extremely hot or cold outside. Here are some of the common power sources in campers and Rvs for sale.
RVs have V8 and V10 engines that keep the air conditioning systems on when the engines are running, while you can use plugged-in electricity (110-230V power supply), propane gas or power generators which runs on fuel to power the refrigerators, microwave ovens, 2-3 burner gas range and the rest of the conveniences.
There are usually two batteries found in RVs and campers, you have the vehicle battery or SLI (starting, lighting, ignition) and you have the house batteries. The house battery is used to supply power to appliances and lights when the engine is turned-off.
Propane gas or more commonly known as liquid propane (LP) are used to power heaters, 3-4 burner stoves, barbeque grills, water heaters or to keep the refrigerators running. There are two types of LP tank holders, the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) containers, the former is commonly found in smaller campers like the Truck trailers, pop-up campers for sale while the latter is mostly favored in motorhomes for sale which are mounted in horizontal positions.
Power Generators are usually used to power the RVs air conditioning systems. They are also needed to recharge the house battery. Generators are measured in watts, smaller RVs needs 3000 watts to power the air conditioning systems while the large motorhomes needed generators with 6000 watt capacity to power multiple air conditioning systems needed to cover the whole area. But they drown the blissful sound of the woods with the noise coming from their motors. Alternatives to power generators RV Solar Power systems are good alternatives to power generators, they are not heavy on the maintenance costs side, are not noisy, and are less expensive to operate. But whether you are camping on occasions or full-time Rvieng, this type of power system is worth considering. However, you will also need to consider the ability of the solar power system to provide the exact power you needed which is limited depending on the;
The number of solar panels installed on your RVS
Or the amount of solar energy you have drawn from the sun.
a) The former heavily depended on how much time you intend to spend camping. To cut down on the complicated computations of how much solar panel you need to run your RVs or campers. You need to consider that a 200 AH house battery needed at least 75 and 120 watts to operate well, follow this guideline and compute how much you needed. Or you can simply buy 2 solar panels initially, which is a safe number, and just add more panels if need be.
b) Some of the solar panel brands can not work well if one of the panels are not receiving as much sunlight during the day as needed or when shaded from the sun. However, there are some brands specifically designed to skip over the shaded panel so the energy collection process is not disturb. You need to choose the brand carefully to avoid losing power supplies when you them need badly.
Some of the best solar power manufacturers offer to install the solar power panels and takes care of the electrical power conversions or procedures for free or minimal payments, as much as possible let them install the product on RVs or campers, this will help avoid electrical problem due to improper installations and ensure 100% performances among other benefits.
