Camping Reform

[Egbert]

If I had to go camping, I'd definitely want a solar powered tent.

Here is the picture of our tent when we went camping.


There is no picture because there was no tent.

[kentonio]

Here is the picture of our tent when we went camping.


There is no picture because there was no tent.

You think we needed more evidence that Australians are uncivilized?

[Egbert]

It seldoms rains in central Australia so no need to worry about that. It is cold at night there but a blanket fixes that. there is thus no "weather" to worry about. No need for a tent.

[Aeson]

Camping is one of the most civilized things possible. It's when a person gets to the point that they are so civilized they get sick of it, and need to get away from all that civilization for a bit.

[Egbert]

Camping is one of the most civilized things possible. It's when a person gets to the point that they are so civilized they get sick of it, and need to get away from all that civilization for a bit.

I am quoting this poast so kentonio can read it twice.

We aussies are civilised, we really are.

[Ben Kenobi]

If I had to go camping, I'd definitely want a solar powered tent

LOL

[kentonio]

LOL

I spent most of my childhood holidays camping. I then spent a time in my youth walking groups of kids up a mountain to camp out at the top each week. I know camping, I've done lots of camping, camping can suck it.

[Dinner]

Camping is a great affordable family activity. It is also a lot of fun.

[Dry]

Don't be so sure
I got a few geek friends that would cream themselves over something like that.

If they are geeks, they'll know how to use google.
So a quick google told me:

http://www.theecoexperts.co.uk/how-much-electricity-can-i-generate-solar-panels

If you need specific information, there are charts available which document the amount of hours worth of sunlight per day in the year. From these you may work out your expected output from the solar panels on your home. This can be done with the following equation:
Take the number of square meters of solar panel on your property and times this by 1000; then times the resultant figure by the efficiency rating and times this final figure by the number of sun hours in your area in a day, according to the chart. This will give you your Watt hours per day.
For example: 2 square meter panel x 1000 = 2000 x 0.20 (20% efficiency panel) = 400. 400 x 5 hours of sun hours = 2000 Watt-hours per day.

Over 24 hrs, that is 80 Watts per hour.

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_of_combustion
1 kg of gasoline can deliver 46.4 MJ or 1kg of wood 15MJ, so 2KWh (= 7.2 MJ) is 1/6 kg gasoline or 1/2 kg of wood.

So, I say keep the solar panels of your tent for the light (LED), music, low-power equipment, and use the traditional camping methods for heat...

[Ben Kenobi]

Yeah, Camping is ok, but solar powered tents are just crazy. For one you're not going to get a great profile, unless you build a tent in the open and if you know anything about camping you don't pitch a ****ing tent where it's open.

[kentonio]

Completely depends on where you're camping.

[Lorizael]

...Watts per hour.

:wiglaf:

[Dinner]

Completely depends on where you're camping.

Not really. It mustly depends on who you are with.

[kentonio]

Not really. It mustly depends on who you are with.

Why would that change where you pitch a tent?

[Lorizael]

Why would that change where you pitch a tent?

Who I'm with determines whether I pitch my tent, but usually not where I pitch it.