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Have a look at a portable solar panel generator.  It will give you 240v AC so you can plug it in to the caravan EHU point.  It will charge your leisure battery and allow you to watch TV or run a laptop.

You can buy a self contained unit - it looks like a briefcase, with a solar panel on the outside but contains a battery and inverter, so will give you 240V even after the sun has gone down.  It will run a laptop for about 1.5 days on a single charge, and will probably cost you the same as a simple 12V charging panel.  It's portable too.

I recently bought one and they are great.

Generate Green sell them - 01452 227022 - check ebay too.

we rally a lot and used to use a generator but hated using it due to the noise, we have invested in a 60w solar panel from a guy near Drax.  It included 5 meters of cable and the regulator.  It works even when it's overcast.  We use it to charge our 85amph battery.  Off this we run our lights (some we have changed to LEDs as they are more energy efficient for the battery); our water pump and our 12v tv (watch it for a couple of hours a day).  It was the best price we could find at the time, £110.  If you want more info let me know

Quote: Originally posted by GAYNOR68 on 17/6/2012

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dianebb72 can i have details pls x

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The price of solar panels has really come down recently.  The USA have slapped an enormous import duty on Chinese panel.  I recently bought one from Ebay from Germany a seller called (easy)bay 130w bid on it Thurday night delivered on the following Monday.  If we have any decent weather it will put it on the roof.