School me on these solar packages
I'm trying to do some more research on investing in portable solar panels. From prior discussion I've come to basic feeling that maybe 200 watts sitting in the sun for the day would suffice to offset...
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Hi Katoom,
You haven't given us much info about your RV, the space available for mounting a solar panel(s), your battery(ies), or power needs, etc… If you can share some details we may be able to offer an even better solution.
With regard to the two kits from Amazon:
- The Grape Solar panels and the Xantrex c35 controller is a very nice combo. IMO, it's a bit too expensive ($/W) for what you get. Do you need an inverter? If so, is a 450W MSW inverter sufficient??
- The Renogy kit is priced right, but includes a cheap non-programable charge controller.
If it were me, and 200W met my needs, then I'd consider a single 24V, ~200W panel. Solar Blvd. has panes available for as los as 67¢/Watt. Combine that panel with a SunSaver MPPT-15 and you would have a very nice system for ~$400.
Cheers
-Mark
You haven't given us much info about your RV, the space available for mounting a solar panel(s), your battery(ies), or power needs, etc… If you can share some details we may be able to offer an even better solution.
With regard to the two kits from Amazon:
- The Grape Solar panels and the Xantrex c35 controller is a very nice combo. IMO, it's a bit too expensive ($/W) for what you get. Do you need an inverter? If so, is a 450W MSW inverter sufficient??
- The Renogy kit is priced right, but includes a cheap non-programable charge controller.
If it were me, and 200W met my needs, then I'd consider a single 24V, ~200W panel. Solar Blvd. has panes available for as los as 67¢/Watt. Combine that panel with a SunSaver MPPT-15 and you would have a very nice system for ~$400.
Cheers
-Mark
