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, <[email protected]> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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