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DesertMax
Explorer
May 30, 2016

Solar Panels - The Good, the Bad and the Cheap!

Hi Guys, I've been getting a lot of help from the knowledgeable staff and members here at RV net and wanted in this post to focus on one thing only and that is the solar charger itself: that all impor...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
May 30, 2016
Hi

Each connection you make increases the risk of failure. There may also be more roof penetrations with multiple panels.

If I had my choice, I would go with a single 150 watt instead of three 50 watt units. I would choose poly over mono from what has been reported here.

btw that is not a particularly good price.

DesertMax wrote:
So the question that I have now is this: Is one 150W panel of high quality really "better" than 3 50W panels of equal individual quality?

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