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Solar. Generator. Isn't that an oxymoron? I don't believe this equipment is real.


Isn't that an oxymoron?

No. I've got the same thing in my RV. Solar panels, big-ass battery, big-ass inverter. It serves the exact same purpose as the propane-powered generator built into the RV (were it not for the air conditioner, I'd just remove it), and it runs on solar. I don't even know what the hell else you'd call it but a "solar generator".


They did have them manufactured, and they shipped some of them. http://www.dcsolardistribution.com/products/mobile-generator... It's a trailer with solar panels.


At first I mourned the environmental cost caused by this fraud. After seeing the 'generators' at least I can let that slide. I think this is probably the best example of 'virtue signalling' I've ever seen.


How do you mean? That's what a solar generator trailer looks like. Lots of companies make them.


My point was that those trailers have 2500kw of solar (under ideal conditions). There intended purpose is to put them onto a site temporary for an event. The process of moving then a few miles uses more energy than you'd expect to gain from them over a few days.


A solar generator is just a solar panel attached to an AC inverter and (usually) a battery. You can buy small ones at Home Depot.


How so?




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