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Sentinelist
Explorer
Apr 07, 2014

Charging the truck battery with solar- will a 1.5W panel do?

Correction: I have two batteries (recent DuraLast Gold FLAs), and two 1.5W solar panels connected to each respectively with battery clips. They're just not doing the task, and I have them on my dash i...
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time2roll
Nomad
Apr 07, 2014
I recommend 5 watts to 10 watts per battery. If you have parasitic loads then aim for the high end.

Better to get 40 to 100 watts and a small controller.

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