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Daryles · 06-02-2022, 05:09 PM

We LOVE OBX especially Ocracoke. We spent 5 days there last year and 10 days in March of this year. Weather was pretty cool this spring.
We have 400W solar into a Victron 100-30 MPPT. I wish I had installed a 100-50 now. We don't carry a generator but I installed a Renogy 60A DC-DC charger.
We had 3 straight days of rain. I had to run the truck twice a day for an hour to charge the batteries back up.
We had one full propane tank and 60% in the other. We ran out. There is no propane fill on the Island. We had to buy a 20lb BBQ grill tank to get us through the last couple of days (cold!).
I did learn how to tweak the MPPT programming to maximize the output.

06-02-2022, 05:09 PM	#8
Daryles Montana Master Join Date: May 2019 Location: Alton Posts: 2,759 M.O.C. #24086	We LOVE OBX especially Ocracoke. We spent 5 days there last year and 10 days in March of this year. Weather was pretty cool this spring. We have 400W solar into a Victron 100-30 MPPT. I wish I had installed a 100-50 now. We don't carry a generator but I installed a Renogy 60A DC-DC charger. We had 3 straight days of rain. I had to run the truck twice a day for an hour to charge the batteries back up. We had one full propane tank and 60% in the other. We ran out. There is no propane fill on the Island. We had to buy a 20lb BBQ grill tank to get us through the last couple of days (cold!). I did learn how to tweak the MPPT programming to maximize the output. __________________ Daryl and Marianne, 2019 3130re 20th Anniversary Edition 2016 F350 Lariat