Solar or Shade in the summer when dry camping???

[unyalli]

Originally Posted by Itinerant1

They are just words so what if they said Honda.

What is happening in the word to day over stupid words that describe something.

Not just words

[twinboat]

I don't know, but if asked, I would say I break out the Honda 2000 because I own one.

[PbdBlue]

Originally Posted by unyalli

Why did you state Honda??? Fanatic? Why not state gen generic? Harbor freight, champion, yamaha, etc. Why specify Honda????

You sound offended. Really??? Those are all fine options. The Honda just happens to be what I own.

[Reed Cundiff]

Originally Posted by Palmeris

Do you just cover the windows with the aluminet? What % shading level of aluminet do you use?

We use the 70% Aluminet. We bought a 30’ x 12’ section which covers one side of fifth wheel. We place a 12’ section of PVC Pipe between the two slides on left side of fifth wheel to support Aluminet. Cut the 12’ section in half so it would fit in main bay (section of wood rod fis used to join them). The Aluminet comes with grommets every two feet so it is connected to roof with bungie cords to solar panel brackets. The bottom is connected with bungies to ground stakes.

A simple comparison of shaded siding and unshaded shows quite a few degrees difference. I am 78 so I prefer using the 12’ telescoping ladder to get tonroof than the ladder up the back side.

The question now is insulating bottom of fifth wheel and pumping cabin area into LFP battery compartment. Am purchasing a small blower that uses 3 W and moves 6 cfm. We are at 8000’ in northern NM above Las Vegas, NM

[ByeTheWay]

Originally Posted by Ivylog

For 10 summers while dry camping, I’ve sought out sites with shade and elevation so I would not need AC...running the generator. Now that I have 900W of solar...hopefully enough to run my energy hog DP without using the generator very much; do I park in the sun and run the risk of needing AC/generator....
In the winter it would be an easy choice as the heat is not electric plus we are FHU in our snowbird park.

We get a lot of heat gain from our windshield. Thus we use a windshield shade screen. Last summer I also used a "solar blanket" which is a blue tarp with silver on one side. I attached it to my shade screen and it made a big difference keeping the heat out.

I park facing North in summer and East in winter to get the solar gain.