Advice please! We find ourselves 'wild-camping' more and more each year, partly because of the high cost of many campsites, but more because of the increasing number of Aires being provided by councils and private land-owners.
Our maximum stay until this year has been three nights in any one spot, and with two good leisure batteries and a small solar panel (made up of three Maplins panels linked together.... don't ask me any technical questions!) we have always had enough power to run our Cello Traveller 12v TV, a couple of lights on and off and obviously the water pump.
Admittedly, the power panel gradually goes down from two greens to one, then to orange...but never to red!
Having said that, we're now on our first four-night stay, with one night to go....and the orange light is on.
I noticed the van next to us this week had a fairly substantial fold-out solar panel, (plus a constant stream of admirers) and it has me thinking about increasing our power bank.
As we're not blessed with constant Summer sunshine here, would it make more sense to buy a third leisure battery (a less expensive option) or go for a larger solar panel? (Max budget around 250 euro btw)
All suggestions/advice/comments appreciated, particularly from anyone who has made a similar choice, either way. Thanks in advance as always!
Our maximum stay until this year has been three nights in any one spot, and with two good leisure batteries and a small solar panel (made up of three Maplins panels linked together.... don't ask me any technical questions!) we have always had enough power to run our Cello Traveller 12v TV, a couple of lights on and off and obviously the water pump.
Admittedly, the power panel gradually goes down from two greens to one, then to orange...but never to red!
Having said that, we're now on our first four-night stay, with one night to go....and the orange light is on.
I noticed the van next to us this week had a fairly substantial fold-out solar panel, (plus a constant stream of admirers) and it has me thinking about increasing our power bank.
As we're not blessed with constant Summer sunshine here, would it make more sense to buy a third leisure battery (a less expensive option) or go for a larger solar panel? (Max budget around 250 euro btw)
All suggestions/advice/comments appreciated, particularly from anyone who has made a similar choice, either way. Thanks in advance as always!