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Sentinelist
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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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Ski_Pro_3
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Apr 10, 2014
If the solar panel really is 1.5 watts and not 1.5 amps, it's basically worthless.

But you got me thinking;
Will a solar panel work through a truck's windshield? Perhaps the UV coating blocks some of the sun's energy. The only way to tell for sure is to check with a meter. Also, if the solar panel doesn't have a diode in line, the panel will DRAW power from your battery when the sun isn't shining on it.

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