The Golar

2oldman wrote:

westend wrote:
To us, probably. To that guy waiting in line at a Nigerian gas station for gas for his little genset that powers his house, this is a Godsend.

It's hard to take your comment seriously, but..I doubt the average Nigerian could afford this thing. They don't list Africa as a nation they ship to.. as if it would even reach someone in Nigeria.

Their wattage ratings is what I was mainly referring to.

Gotcha, it's not a lot of power. Yes, the price reflects the target market.

I've been to a few places where even a small bit of power to run lights, a water pump, or other essentials is considered "modern convenience". The Third World is still a fairly big place. That was my thought--a solar module with storage capability would fit the needs of someone with no grid power available.

For you, me, and most RV'ers, the Golar is an overpriced toy.

Portable is nice. I would rather have an integrated wall mount unit.



http://www.victronenergy.com/inverters-chargers/ecomulti

No kickstart. This one is ready to ship.
I only see a European version :(

westend wrote:
To us, probably. To that guy waiting in line at a Nigerian gas station for gas for his little genset that powers his house, this is a Godsend.

It's hard to take your comment seriously, but..I doubt the average Nigerian could afford this thing. They don't list Africa as a nation they ship to.. as if it would even reach someone in Nigeria.

Their wattage ratings is what I was mainly referring to.

2oldman wrote:
It's nonsense.

To us, probably. To that guy waiting in line at a Nigerian gas station for gas for his little genset that powers his house, this is a Godsend.

Li don't like excessive heat, so placing them directly behind the panel is a rather dumb idea.

red31 wrote:
They suggest an 80 ah battery can run a toaster (80A @ `12v, my assumption) for 10 mins.

Call it 150A (peukert) x 10/60 hr = 25 ah, take a sunny day to return that.

Li-ion batteries have a different (lower) peukert constant than lead acid batteries, so are considerably less affected by rate of discharge variations. They more closely resemble a "box of charge" that you can dump power into or out of however you wish without reducing capacity.

Wanna solar toaster? Come on down and slide a slice of bread on my chrome bumper. Don't need no steenking pop-up either...

It's nonsense.

Next they'll be coming out with solar powered hard hats for charging your cordless tools while you use them. :)

Hmmm, maybe even solar powered boot warmers... now we're talkin' !

They suggest an 80 ah battery can run a toaster (80A @ `12v, my assumption) for 10 mins.

Call it 150A (peukert) x 10/60 hr = 25 ah, take a sunny day to return that.