Portable Solar Panels
Looks like Solarblvd.com has a few of these ready to go with built in charger controllers. They have 100, 120, and 160W. 160W for $249
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A portable "kit" - this one or any other - includes, in addition to the panel, just a controller and cable. Some also add a simple rack like on the photo above, and then the price goes up by few hundred bucks :)
12A controller costs $50 - a good one. 160W panel - hard to tell, not too many places sell them. Sunelec mentioned above, only sells in big quantities, individual panels they sell 280W the smallest. I would think around $200 for 160W, plus controller, plus cable - comes to a little over $250.
Placement of a controller behind the panel is wrong, not only it's hot there, but it also is far from the battery. For this reason alone I would not buy this kit. OTH, standalone controller is more pain to deal with, in a portable setup. I tend to think that a perfect portable kit is impossible. You may have a "portable" - just don't expect much.
12A controller costs $50 - a good one. 160W panel - hard to tell, not too many places sell them. Sunelec mentioned above, only sells in big quantities, individual panels they sell 280W the smallest. I would think around $200 for 160W, plus controller, plus cable - comes to a little over $250.
Placement of a controller behind the panel is wrong, not only it's hot there, but it also is far from the battery. For this reason alone I would not buy this kit. OTH, standalone controller is more pain to deal with, in a portable setup. I tend to think that a perfect portable kit is impossible. You may have a "portable" - just don't expect much.
