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The table was a hand me down, it’s older not sure who made it but the way it folds up is great. Tongue weight I never checked I just moved cargo around to where it seemed balanced.

They r just bolted to the door and the wall keeps them from moving. I drilled the hole in the bracket short so when I tightened them down it pulled door tight against the wall. If that makes sense? I can take more pix if needed

Running water for dishes (we cook big meals) and washing hands etc, has been nice. We keep it simple w a 5 gal container/jug, 12V pump, wall mount faucet and collapsible sinks. Take up little space

Another year in the books…. this year put it in storage at my grandmas. After the holidays going to clean it out, paint it and re pack for next year.

Another good year and few changes 100W portable panel on a sunny day easily covers the fridge etc and puts a little back in the batteries. Simple and cheap insurance to cover a week long trip. 10 Years Ago Vs Now

Miscellaneous random pic I thought was cool, never turned all the lights on at the same time

Coming from rock crawling side my Jeep/buggy has 2x2 control arms and not been babied no issues. Also my 4x6 trailer I built w 3/16 angle it’s a box w alum walls. Welded the leafs to one side of the angle. So I’d say go for it lol

Hit 60 degrees here today got the new solar panel out and went thru everything Ready for camping season!

That’s a good test for cloudy days, I’ll see what it does next overcast day. I tested the fridge at different running temps and outside temps and it averaged 14ah in 24hrs middle summer at home and on the river in the mountains it’s typical much cooler and low humidity. If I had the...

Appreciate your info and it makes sense I’m new to Solar but not wiring etc. but my goal was to extend my batteries out longer. After 3 days the batteries were at a place where the fridge low voltage kick off was making me nervous when it would cycle/kick on. I was concerned it would turn its...

To follow up it’s floating around 13.8V and 2.5/3 amps at 7:30am sunrise. Around 9am 14V+ and 4-4.5 amps. Being a newb to Solar not sure how great this is but…. from my math if we can get 6-7 hours a day should be worth it. Total investment $230. Hope this info helps other beginners.

Yes it will be the exact same battery, most batteries have multi re-labels Sam’s Club Duracell made by DEKA 215ah

I wired it to charge towing, but I always charge once home to full charge. We have a 4 amp NOCO onboard charger when we camp and there’s electricity.

We typically go for 3-4 days and the batteries have never went below 50% so 100W should be enough to maintain daytime usage. I know 100w won’t bring them back to full charge, once we get home I hook up a battery charger. Ideally 200W + would be nice but I have no room for extra panels.

Thanks again, I have a battery monitor have always kept above 50% The batteries always kept up on 3-4 day trips but want some insurance and not worry about the fridge staying little extra colder or possibly extended the trips if possible. Seems we never have enough time tho