Adam look into the Morningstar Tristar, its a great controller. You can pick em up on Amazon.
I just picked up a 2007 Fleetwood Gearbox, 39ft, 18.5ft to first cabinet. lots of room on top for panels...i'm not trying to go to big, 300w maybe. I just want my daughter to be able to watch movies at night if she wants and have all lights on without having to run the gen for such a small load. I may just get a portable solar set up..a lot easier. a small gen isn't a bad idea, i'm sure it would be great on gas but still defeats the purpose of not wanting to run the gen at all unless I need the AC.
we'll see, more research to do. Thanks Pete ill give him a call for a quote and i'll be sure to hit you up to Adam when I decide on the route i'm going to go.