Posted on 05/12/2019 11:51
l was thinking of having a solar panel fitted to the motorhome, we had one on the caravan it came in useful at home, didn't need to hook up to keep the battery fully charged. we don't do off grid so l am not sure if its worth the extra money to have on installed and just hook up at home once an while to keep the battery healthy, any views
Posted on 05/12/2019 18:50
We never had one with our caravan and I had to keep swapping the battery in storage, as the tracker and alarm drained it. When we switched to a MH we had solar panels fitted primarily to avoid doing that. However, we found them very useful in France this September, as it increased the number of Aires available to us. It also meant on those with a limited number of EHU's it didn't matter if we got one. Plus we could stay several days, have adequate power to watch TV, run the pump, recharge phones etc, and still leave with fullish batteries by 10:00am.
We really enjoyed this style of MHing and were pleased we had the solar. However, if you have no intention of going off grid and can power the MH at home, there are probably better things to spend your money on.
Posted on 05/12/2019 15:44 by lornalou1wouldn't you need to leave the gas on to do that. bit dangerous if left on it's own with gas on.
Posted on 06/12/2019 10:39
I’ve got a professionally installed Gaslow system in a relatively new van, serviced annually by a competent engineer. I’ve got a heating system at home serviced annually by a competent engineer. If necessary I operate both remotely wherever I happen to be. I don’t really see the difference. There are LPG vehicles on the road and hydrogen cell cars in development so I’m not sure why a MH has to be treated so differently.
Apologies for going a bit off-topic.
Posted on 06/12/2019 10:39 by SeasideBillI’ve got a professionally installed Gaslow system in a relatively new van, serviced annually by a competent engineer. I’ve got a heating system at home serviced annually by a competent engineer. If necessary I operate both remotely wherever I happen to be. I don’t really see the difference. There are LPG vehicles on the road and hydrogen cell cars in development so I’m not sure why a MH has to be treated so differently.
Apologies for going a bit off-topic.
Posted on 06/12/2019 12:09
Our MH has a similar system, although can't be operated remotely.
However, our storage states on large signs that gas bottles must be turned off. As it would be quite obvious that it is running on a cold day when they wander round doing there checks, it could lead to being ejected from the facility. I would assume there might be insurance implications also.
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