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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Well, 10 feet of 12 gauge wire, an RC meter good to 0-60V and 0-100 Amps in line, should not restrict things too much when at most, 7 amps and 14.4 volts is being produced. I'll know a bit more, once the fog burns off this morning.
Don't think my battery is anywhere near at 50% charge... need to go camping to perform some experiments.
Edit: Well, I ran the battery down a bit with all the lights on for about 15 minutes, and this is what ended up showing on the panel around 12:45 pm... rated at Imax of 6.98 amps, and the run was 7 feet of 12 gauge wire. 120 Watt foldable model.
Date, of course, is 10-25-13 and I'm at 34* North. for latitude. Light haze in the sky from some onshore flow and fog that got burned off. I hope it will do better up in West Yellowstone area the last 2 weeks of June, hopefully more amps show up, although at that time of year, the night hours and lights on are fewer than in winter.
I'm not sure, but I believe this is the newest style of mounting of the PWM to get it off the back of the panel and in a cooler location. Ambient air temp was about 80F today.
Don't think my battery is anywhere near at 50% charge... need to go camping to perform some experiments.
Edit: Well, I ran the battery down a bit with all the lights on for about 15 minutes, and this is what ended up showing on the panel around 12:45 pm... rated at Imax of 6.98 amps, and the run was 7 feet of 12 gauge wire. 120 Watt foldable model.
Date, of course, is 10-25-13 and I'm at 34* North. for latitude. Light haze in the sky from some onshore flow and fog that got burned off. I hope it will do better up in West Yellowstone area the last 2 weeks of June, hopefully more amps show up, although at that time of year, the night hours and lights on are fewer than in winter.
I'm not sure, but I believe this is the newest style of mounting of the PWM to get it off the back of the panel and in a cooler location. Ambient air temp was about 80F today.
