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Old 11-25-2016, 11:43 PM   #221 (permalink)
Isaac Zackary
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Do it! Put on extensible work lights, 110/240V AC outlets and an interconnect to solar panels on the carport/garage roof.

When it's not on the road it could be a utility backup to your house.
Those are great ideas! Much more useful than an internal combustion trailer sitting on the property 29 days a month! I could use it for solar charging my car too. Simply set up the solar panels to charge up the trailer battery, and then figure out how to DC to DC charge from battery to battery at night. A simple boost converter would do.

The trailer could possibly be used to improve aerodynamics. Maybe.

I wonder what people would think if I drove into a town (running off of the trailer battery) then parked my trailer at a charging station and drove around (on car battery power) doing errands and such. Then four hours later came back for my fully charged battery trailer and headed back home.

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