Solar and Battery Bank for medical back up

Here is my best guess on how my solar currently recharges our medical reserve batteries.  We can run my CPAP and never have down time, but add in my O2 concentrator we can only count on the battery bank every 3 to 4 days.  Please note I could run my generator and run my recharger to recharge the Batteries and of course we can and usually plug in.  If I add one more battery I could get an extra day or two.  But to be honest I was only looking for one day emergency power to start with.

I am no expert here so I sort of reversed engineered the data below.  Also I could shorten up my wires by 10 to 12 feet which may add quite a few amps.  Some day I may.

3 Batts 305 amps

Cable/inverter amp drop 30%	-90
	215
50% Battery AMP Reserve	108
CPAP 3 amps x 8 hr	-24
Concentrater 7 amps x 8 hr	-56
	-80
Leaves usable amps	42
	Plus
Solar 200 watt recharge 5amp x 7hr	35
Day 1 recharge is short	3amps
Can not use solar batteries for day 2
Solar 200 watt recharge 5x7	35
Day 2 recharge	110
Night three should work OK
Clouds or overcast could delay a day or two. Updated 4/10/2016
Solar recharges every 3-4 days should be planned.

Bear Canisters

These are a give away that bears are in the area around Lander Wyoming north.  Now that it is winter there will be few campers and even fewer bears trying to get to ones food supply.  Later this spring I will test one of my Bear Spray canisters to learn how to use them properly.  I figure it is cheaper to do some live training with one of these before I have a real need and have never used one.

Longing already for spring

Looking back over the summer and fall I am ready for it to continue.  We had nice boondocking spots and sites with power and all with a view.

On the gorge we had electricity and a nice spot along the lake for less then twenty dollars a day with our discount.

Other areas of the lake offered no services but nice free views along with good fishing.

Merry Christmass to all

 

                                                  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Have a Dino of a new year, I snapped this at the Hagel Zoo in Salt Lake last fall.

 

Winter Camping in Utah

Winter camping in Utah is fun.  The nights can get in the twenties but the days can reach into the sixties if there is no snow.

I love being along a water supply especially when not in prime flash flood season.  Nature can be wonderful most of the time.

Only pit toilets are open in a few camp areas during the winter which is fine with me.  This also means less people and more sites to choose from:)

Along a creek in November

Along a creek in November 2015 in Utah with 60 degrees in the day and the 20s at night.

 

 You can see the creek with ice and snow along the edges, makes a interesting pattern.  Also a walk along the road gives a good view of the cliffs overlooking the creek.

The Atlantic at sun rise.

My son shared this photo of himself watching the sunrise off the Florida cost. Kathy and I hope to be spending a lot of time there soon ourselves.

Also have put up a photo of me in the past on the same beach. I have been gathering costs to spend a few months down there during some of the winter months. Not cheap and many have waiting lists, but it beats the cold:)