[RE-wrenches] Solar power on Truck?

[robert ellison]

I have put 3, 100 watt panels on travel trailers in the past so 1 should be
no problem.
But AC is a hard load to run, i guess the easy part is that the engine would
do most of the battery charging for the system so a single panel would be
enough unless he was spending a bunch of time in a parking lot just sitting.
I would worry about a panel as an airfoil, just because of the debris it
will likely encounter at road speeds.

Just some thoughts,

Bob

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:21 PM, <ryan at solar4maine.com> wrote:

>  Wrenches i had an interesting request today. I have a nieghbor who is an
> over the road truck driver and he wants air conditioning while he sleeps.
> The specifics i won't bore you with. but he has seen a "Molded panel" that
> fits on the roof that takes the place of the airfoil on the cab.
>
> Has any one seen anything like this? He really wants a pv panel on the
> roof. He currently has a remote start generator onboard and we will install
> a bank of deep cycle batteries and an inverter but i question the Solar
> panel on the roof of the Tractor.
>
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