Feedback on this solar kit?
Hello, I see Harbor Freight has this kit on sale for $140. Yes, I know it's probably the cheapest cheesiest thing I could probably buy because it's from HF, but it's my first endeavor into solar charg...
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Eric212 wrote:
Hello, I see Harbor Freight has this kit on sale for $140. Yes, I know it's probably the cheapest cheesiest thing I could probably buy because it's from HF, but it's my first endeavor into solar charging, and of course money is tight, as it is for many of us. It seemed to be a decent wattage for the price but I want to bounce it off you folks.
The "voltage regulator" it comes with doesn't look like it's a "charge controller" or is it? I may have to pick up a better solar charge controller so I guess that would be added to the price too if necessary.
I have 375 AH of battery on board, but am only looking for supplemental charging.
Here's the kit: http://www.harborfreight.com/solar-panel-kit-45-watt-68751.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3413b&utm_source=1020
Thanks!
I was in HF today (tent sale too) and also looked at this kit again. Looks good and at $129 on sale. However, I'm a happy RV.Net camper after going shopping at SolarBlvd for one 24v/120a panel then on to EBay for other panels, controllers and meters. Here is the deal. Recently I bought a HF 400/800w inverter for $19.95 This was my first buy into the inverter world. Well, all the money I've saved shopping at HF the last year, got shot down. The 400w inverter runs @ 50 hz so my fan I tried runs at about half speed. Light blub dim. Was afraid to try the little fridge in the shop. So $20 for the inverter lesson. Hope for those who buy the HF Solar kit they do better. Reports seem okay for the small limited output of their Solar Kit.
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