Re: RC: generators

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 10:46 PM 9/11/00 -0400, Heidi wrote:
>You CAN run a shower with a 12-volt pump (and of course, can heat the 
>water with propane), but I don't know how much "juice" that takes

We lived for 2 years with one deep cycle battery & one solar panel for our 
sole source of electric power.  It ran lights in our travel trailer, ran 
the pump for the shower in our Sooner horse trailer's living quarters 
(our  bedroom/bathroom - when we bought that second horse trailer, little 
did we know it would be more than a home away from home - it would BE 
home!).  Of course you have to be conservative, but there's nothing wrong 
with that.  When wanting 110 volts or on cloudy days we did have to 
supplement with a generator - but I hate the noise, so we were careful.

We still have a photovoltaic system for our power source, but it's much 
more sophisticated these days.  For one thing, we've got an inverter, some 
giant batteries and the system runs this computer I'm typing on, the 
"entertainment" system & the lights, not to mention light power tools.  But 
that original battery & solar panel (and now a control charger, just to be 
safe) is still on the horse trailer, still working fine after over 6 
years.   Lif




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