Harbor Freight 45 Watt Solar Kit

rtate wrote:

2oldman wrote:

rtate wrote:
If I cant run my air conditioner, microwave, hair dryer, and electric coffee pot with the Harbor Freight set up, then its not worth spending the $120.

No, you'd have to spend $200 to run all that.

I would be willing to spend up $200 to run all that. Just horsing around! I only use the generator to recharge my batteries. I have a 2000 watt inverter that I use to power a computer, recharge phones and run my wifes sewing machine. The sewing machine draws 45 watts. Our lighting is primarily led. Coffee pot is a driperlator, no tv. Usually go two days before recharing batteries. I was looking at solar to extend time between charges. The 45 watt solar panel.

I guess the primary thing I learned is that the HF panel is over priced. Probably makes sense to go the 200 watt deal for a little more money.

Thanks everyone

Back quite a few years ago, the HF panel kit was actually a decent deal..

But as time has progressed and higher power panels have gotten cheaper the HF panels are way over priced for what you get. Now if HF would drop the price to $60-$70 for the kit then it would be a decent "starter" kit for someone to try solar (although three 15W panels would take a lot of space)..