Measured purely financially, I doubt I’ll ever reach the “payoff point” of the solar. The money spent on solar could buy an awful lot of gas to power the generator.

It’s about convenience, and the peace and quiet of not having to listen to the damned generator chugging away. It’s also about living comfortably in places where generator use is frowned on, or even prohibited.

I love to visit national parks, and many national park campgrounds strictly limit the hours you are allowed to run your generator, or outright prohibit them. And when boondocking, you can quickly become that annoying neighbor by running your generator too much.

As I alluded to in the post, right now I can’t make full use of the power I’m generating and storing. I hope to get that taken care of over the winter when I get back to Quartzsite at the end of February, after the mad rush of January.