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NinerBikes
Aug 29, 2014Explorer
smkettner wrote:wbwood wrote:Same thing RJ said a year ago. Then the setup/down logistics apparently became a bore.
Not mounting on top of the roof. Keeping it portable.
Not much to talk about connections with a portable... just slap it on.
I would get separate components over a kit.
Bought a portable "kit" 120 watts worth. The folding panels are the only thing from the kit that I still use. Cables too small and too much resistance after the controller, the controller is the most rudimentary and basic of controllers, and marginal at best with my T-1275 battery. Scrapped all that, kept the folding panels, bought real wire, real quick disconnect high amp male and female plugs,and read, listened and observed here, and now I have something that works to my specifications, not some fake "do it all" specification, built around the lowest common denominator.
I can not stress enough to get a good solar charge controller with adjustable bulk /absorption voltage set points, if you spend all your time dry camping or boondocking. That made all the difference in the world for me. Measure not only the voltage but the amperage at a given charge level. You'd be surprised how low the amps are that some of them put out while pulse charging, in 4 or 5 out of the 6 cycles of pulse.
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