Once you have the opportunities to escape from work, a coupon of weeks, no matter you want to stay in a campsite or explore for a remote area, the essential conditional is you have all necessary gear to be self-sufficient.
This article discuss about the power needs you need for a trip.
When planning a trip, ask yourself some question, “how long of distance I will go?” “ Where will I get a restore?” “How long will I stay there?” All of the consideration will determine the camping gear quantity, the frequency of restore or something else.
Power is the first essential gear you need for exterior survive. Power to your trip is as food to human beings. Your vehicle driving, cooking, keeping food, illumination etc, all of this will need power. So power supply should be given of priority of when planning a trip.
Normally, there are three kind of power supply: battery, gas, solar panel. A combination of these will be recommended as it will give you a flexible power charging solutions.
A dual battery system will not add to your hassle. Choose the right power consumption is also a good way for longer battery usage time.
Fridge and camping illumination are the main factors which draws current. So choose the right kind of these facility is needed. As the fridge, choose a right-size and never leave too many spare space.
As the camping illumination lighting source, change to an efficient power consumption lighting source is a smart choose. Here we want to do a calculation for you.
When a car battery is fully charged, for example a 12 Volt 55 AH Deep Cycle AGM Battery, the capacity of the battery is 12V X 55Ah=660Wh. To use the same capacity of battery, different lighting source really make a great different. A 10W Halogen G4 for example, your battery can provides a 66hs continuous illumination for one of this light. To reach the same brightness level, a LED G4 bulb, it just charges 2W of power. That means it provides 330Hours continuous illumination for the same capacity of a car battery.
This article discuss about the power needs you need for a trip.
When planning a trip, ask yourself some question, “how long of distance I will go?” “ Where will I get a restore?” “How long will I stay there?” All of the consideration will determine the camping gear quantity, the frequency of restore or something else.
Power is the first essential gear you need for exterior survive. Power to your trip is as food to human beings. Your vehicle driving, cooking, keeping food, illumination etc, all of this will need power. So power supply should be given of priority of when planning a trip.
Normally, there are three kind of power supply: battery, gas, solar panel. A combination of these will be recommended as it will give you a flexible power charging solutions.
A dual battery system will not add to your hassle. Choose the right power consumption is also a good way for longer battery usage time.
Fridge and camping illumination are the main factors which draws current. So choose the right kind of these facility is needed. As the fridge, choose a right-size and never leave too many spare space.
As the camping illumination lighting source, change to an efficient power consumption lighting source is a smart choose. Here we want to do a calculation for you.
When a car battery is fully charged, for example a 12 Volt 55 AH Deep Cycle AGM Battery, the capacity of the battery is 12V X 55Ah=660Wh. To use the same capacity of battery, different lighting source really make a great different. A 10W Halogen G4 for example, your battery can provides a 66hs continuous illumination for one of this light. To reach the same brightness level, a LED G4 bulb, it just charges 2W of power. That means it provides 330Hours continuous illumination for the same capacity of a car battery.
| Lighting source | Halogen G4 | LED G4 |
| Wattage | 10W | 2W |
| Brightness | 150Lumens | 140Lumens |
| Car battery | 12V 55AH | 12V 55AH |
| battery continuous illumination hours | 66 | 330 |
Gas is another power solution especially when conducting cooking. But storage safety should be aware of. Storage of LPG can also be an issue, as it needs to be carried in certified tanks, which means to carry enough gas to power your camp lights, fridge and stove for two weeks can prove difficult.
Solar panel is a complementary power solution as on your trip you are hardly short of sunshine. But you need certain investment on the equipment for it. A 240W system will easily run a 60L fridge, all camp lights, charge all batteries for phone, camera and perhaps a laptop with only 5-6 hours of sunshine a day.
Solar panel is a complementary power solution as on your trip you are hardly short of sunshine. But you need certain investment on the equipment for it. A 240W system will easily run a 60L fridge, all camp lights, charge all batteries for phone, camera and perhaps a laptop with only 5-6 hours of sunshine a day.
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