Solar generators

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   Just for clarification, when I hear the term "solar generator" I think of course, of a generator. In reality, are these basically self charging batteries?  Just a normal 12 volt battery, that also has maybe a small inverter or converter, that allows very small electric appliances to run, but recharges itself with a solar suitcase or panel? So it's not at all a generator in the sense of the word. I'm not looking for the " well technically it could be called a generator because....." 

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mjlrpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214	Post Options Post Reply Quote mjlrpod Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Solar generators Posted: 12 Feb 2022 at 4:31pm
	Just for clarification, when I hear the term "solar generator" I think of course, of a generator. In reality, are these basically self charging batteries? Just a normal 12 volt battery, that also has maybe a small inverter or converter, that allows very small electric appliances to run, but recharges itself with a solar suitcase or panel? So it's not at all a generator in the sense of the word. I'm not looking for the " well technically it could be called a generator because....."
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gpokluda Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Nov 2018 Location: NM Online Status: Offline Posts: 277	Post Options Post Reply Quote gpokluda Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Feb 2022 at 4:12pm
	Greetings Rpodians We are thinking about taking the plunge into the world of solar and wonder if anyone out there has any experience with solar generators. We want to be able to use the generator for other activities, so we don't want to invest too much in to solar technology that is hardwired into our 2017 r179. Our thought was to get something like a Jackery 1500 solar generator with 4 solar panels and simply plug the rPod into the solar generator just like we would if we were connecting to our Champion 2000 inverter generator. We know we can only run certain items which, given our 5 years of rpodding, is plenty for us. Has anyone had any experience with solar generators or the way in which we plan on using it? Any recommendations? Thanks gpokluda 2017 r179 2016 Nissan Frontier SV