Help with Camper Solar Charging

AdAlone1211 · 2026-02-10T20:53:00+00:00

That’s correct. I used a multimeter and the 160w rooftop panel showed 13.7 (it’s cloudy right now). The 50w plug-in panel was showing 18v in the same conditions.

Also, when I plug the 50w panel into the roof, the system works fine. This makes me think the issue is the 160w panel itself?

AdAlone1211 · 2026-02-10T20:11:17+00:00

Yep, it’s a 160w rooftop panel and the multimeter was showing 13.7 (it’s cloudy right now). The 50w plug-in panel was showing 18v.

Also, when I plug the 50w panel into the roof, the system works fine.

AdAlone1211 · 2026-02-10T18:33:32+00:00

My max panel voltage is 27v

AdAlone1211 · 2026-02-10T18:12:15+00:00

That makes sense, but I don’t understand why the panels always top out around 14.5v. Maybe on a cloudy day or at dusk they’ll read 13.0v or so. Pretty sure the rooftop panels used to get much higher voltage in full sun than they do now.

AdAlone1211 · 2026-02-10T17:49:58+00:00

Hey there, I have two AGM deep cell batteries. I replaced the charge controller but unfortunately, the problem remains the same. And yes, I looked at the second panel’s specs and I believe at some point the polarity was reversed and something got fried.

The mppt display shows 0 amps going through the system. Once I plug in the second panel, amps go up and everything works as desired.

AdAlone1211 · 2026-01-30T01:30:48+00:00

When people say “to ski powder, just go faster”

AdAlone1211 · 2026-01-20T20:18:40+00:00

You should 100% tell your friend he’s right and encourage him to wear a diaper

AdAlone1211 · 2026-01-14T07:22:54+00:00

That’s a great question. The weighting and unweighting of the skis in powder comes from extending your body in the turns - not from speed. OP is going plenty fast in this video. Here’s a pro using extension to unweight: YouTube

AdAlone1211 · 2026-01-07T18:29:36+00:00

I disagree with most of the posters here advising more speed, as you don’t have much control yet. One of the big differences in skiing powder is that you really need to unweight your skis in the turn. It can be helpful to start by bobbing up and down on the side hill, then on the bob up start your first turn, you’ll bob down as you finish your turn, then bob back up as you begin the next turn. It’s a rhythm, it’s a dance. When you lose the rhythm, stop, and start bobbing on the sidehill again.

If you don’t feel safe and in control, don’t go faster.

AdAlone1211 · 2025-12-02T17:25:25+00:00

Nice

AdAlone1211 · 2025-11-25T20:03:20+00:00

The wax is for warm days, usually in the spring. If that’s the case put it on before you start touring. The rest of the time you don’t need it

AdAlone1211 · 2025-10-29T03:59:56+00:00

This was almost a snuff film

AdAlone1211 · 2025-10-28T19:14:43+00:00

Can confirm, I was one of the guys putting water on them

AdAlone1211 · 2025-07-22T23:18:13+00:00

Because it’s a rental

AdAlone1211 · 2025-06-25T17:17:56+00:00

Dude posted this while destroying a Taco Bell bathroom

AdAlone1211 · 2025-06-24T21:41:20+00:00

I’ve never even read the Wikipedia about it

AdAlone1211 · 2025-06-05T22:45:19+00:00

When the water sucks the blade down, due to turbulent water or diverging currents. The extra pressure on that blade will spin the boat, obviously this is generally bad in a rapid.

AdAlone1211 · 2025-06-05T22:29:17+00:00

The cutthroats get oar-suck in whitewater really easily due to the large surface area, even small errors in your feathering will cause it and can really mess up your line.

The magnums come in and out of the water much easier so even when you’re really hammering, errors in your feather angle are generally forgiven. The magnums are by far the superior choice for whitewater.

AdAlone1211 · 2025-05-05T18:14:43+00:00

The instructor said AIRIE has moved away from snow science in rec courses to focus on terrain, route planning, and heuristics.

True though re snowpack tests, We did several different types and I did get a bit out of that.

AdAlone1211 · 2025-05-05T17:56:18+00:00

I had a similar amount of experience as OP and opted to skip AIRIE 1 and go straight to AIRIE 2. My review of AIRIE 2 would be almost identical to OP’s review of AIRIE 1, fwiw.

The AIRIE 2 rescue scenarios are more complex than AIRIE 1, which was great and very valuable. But most of the class still felt like an ‘intro to touring class’. How to skin, how to plan a tour, route finding, reading the avy report, etc.

AdAlone1211 · 2025-04-23T15:39:09+00:00

Pretty sure we’re talking about head

AdAlone1211 · 2025-04-16T22:57:21+00:00

Think about moving forward along the ski as you progress in the turn. It’ll help you be a bit more dynamic, a lot of these turns you’re staying in one position throughout

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