Zamp 200w portable panels
I bought a 200w portable solar panel by Zamp and brought it with me to The New Hampshire State Championships Cowboy Shoot this weekend. Of course it rained for 4 days and there was zero sun but on ...
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Thanks Don, I'll peruse it over the next couple of days.
My first test of the panels was today. 6 hours of use in sunny but hazy sky with high thin grey passing clouds, 84F. Because of where I store my RV when home I had to keep moving the panel and a few times I cam out to find it partially shaded.
I had my MaxAir fan on full bore, 4 LED lights, my Frig with the heater on and the exhaust fan running on thermostat, and my 12v stereo playing for about 2 hours. During that 6 hours it charged 43ah. I disconnected the battery from both the RV and panel and let it settle for a half hour. It (2x T105RE) measured 13.02VDC so I'm pretty happy with this initial test.
Tomorrow I run it about the same but with the radio on for 6 hours and then my cpap for 8 and measure the battery in the morning after 24 hours. That would be a worse case for me until I get an inverter then my desire would be to make two cups of coffee on it and be able to keep the fan running leaving enough for the cpap.
My first test of the panels was today. 6 hours of use in sunny but hazy sky with high thin grey passing clouds, 84F. Because of where I store my RV when home I had to keep moving the panel and a few times I cam out to find it partially shaded.
I had my MaxAir fan on full bore, 4 LED lights, my Frig with the heater on and the exhaust fan running on thermostat, and my 12v stereo playing for about 2 hours. During that 6 hours it charged 43ah. I disconnected the battery from both the RV and panel and let it settle for a half hour. It (2x T105RE) measured 13.02VDC so I'm pretty happy with this initial test.
Tomorrow I run it about the same but with the radio on for 6 hours and then my cpap for 8 and measure the battery in the morning after 24 hours. That would be a worse case for me until I get an inverter then my desire would be to make two cups of coffee on it and be able to keep the fan running leaving enough for the cpap.
