solar panel kits Interrelated Roadmap
I received the panel quickly, it seems to work as advertised, and I have found no defects. It appears to be a solid panel, not too heavy, but rugged. The cables and blocking diode are higher quality than I expected. I will likely buy more.[keyword]solar panel kits[/keyword][babs_template]solar+panel+kits, 1, , 0, All, 0, 1344, [/babs_template]
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We have them on our black shingle roof. Gets sun All day. We have run a line inside the house. Hooks up to marine battery, then inverter. We can charge our lap top once a day, run fan for at least 6 hours, Charge a cell phone and blue tooth a day. Also have a 15 watt light on for at least 4 hours a day. I love this. I fell great giving less to the power company. I’m totally electric and my bill has been getting higher for the past 2 years. I hope to be getting a tankless hot water heater power with solar. This kit is a great way to start collecting your own energy!
I would toss the screws that they send and get better screws. That’s it.
Valerie & Don
I am using my panels for pumping water in a garden stream. After getting the angle right on the panels they charged my 12-volt, deep-cycle, marine battery quickly. The wiring and connections were easy and the regulator works fine. The inverter supplied with the kit is trash, never worked at all for me, and the support frame for the panels is pretty rickety. But, overall, not a bad deal for the money!
I bought the sunforce 60 watt solar panels for my travel trailer to keep the trailer batteries charged and so far I have only had to use two panels. I used all four when I was camping and the panels did a good job in keeping my batteries up during the day.
The kit was a good idea, but lacked in the follow through. This would’ve made a very good cheap starter kit as it includes everything but batteries. Unfortunately only about half of the panels produced any real voltage. I tried once to have it replaced, and it was replaced with panels that suffered similar issues. I suppose I could keep getting them replaced until they get it right, but then how would it perform after being mounted to the roof and exposed to the elements?
Hi- I bought this set-up to keep my Motorhome charged when not using it. It is only 15 watts so can barely keep the battery up to charge if I am actually using any lights or other stuff but it will keep up with the draw of the refridgerator and minimal stuff. My only beef is the controller wires could have all been pre-terminated with connectors rather than having me do that. This was bought as a kit so it would have been nice if there was a connector on the input side of the controller that mated witht he connector on teh solar panel and a different style connector on the output that would be compatible with the cigarette-lighter adapter, etc. In other words- all set up to just plug in and go.
Once I soldered and shrinkwrapped the new connectors on I’m pretty happy with it. Not everyone has the ability to properly terminate the wires.
Thanks
This product has worked out well for me.
As I haven’t isolated my truck battery its charging both truck and camper.
The vehicle has been unpluged from my 115V house access all summer.
I will say that it is a slow charge.
You know i had the same thing,,I bought a wind tubine and you know, that thing only works when the wind is blowing…never made the connection.
perhaps I’ve been misguided in the past with solar power, but the panel does not store solar energy and as such only operates in direct sunlight
Great product, well made and even in winter laying flat they were putting out over 6 amps on top of my RV.
I ordered this but although the two panels and mouting kit were present the packing was inadequate and well battered – being only very thin fibreboard for something weighing 60 pounds and no proper bubblewrap of panels. A corner of the packing had broken open. It would seem the charge controller and and inverter are missing. The panels seem OK but I would advise purchasers to inquire as to packing. Maybe Amazon need to charge 20 dollars more for packing. Howevever good value if enventually I get everything!
S
It appears to be running current; I got it as a starter; My intention is to charge a deep cell battery, but I would say that will never happen – it doesn’t have the “oomph” to do so; However, in terms of taking solar and producing current, it seems to do that job; I could run a 15 watt energy bulb continuously; But, that’s about it;
This is the best solar panel kit I ever saw. It includes everything for what I need to build a complete battery charging system. I hook up it to my RV battery by using the provided cable with clamps in less than 2 minutes!!! It starts to charge my battery immediately! It allows me to use the free energy from sunlight immediately
Awesome! Thank you!!
This wind generator makes a nice addition to a solar panel system with a small battery bank (my bank is 12vdc with 500 amp hours). The wind generator averages anywhere from 2 to 10 amps on most occasions here in northern Indiana. I have seen the wind generator put out as much as 25 amps during heavy wind conditions (i.e. storms). If you plan to run a large battery bank system then you may want to look into some of the larger KW wind generators or build a solar panel system. I do love the sound of this thing. I would not call it whisper, but it has a nice whirl sound to it when it is charging that puts me to sleep at night. By the way, know your math and do things right. You will find yourself installing some heavy gauge wiring to lower voltage drops that can be a bear to work with.
6 years ago, I bought my first Air-X ( that’s the model with the Southwest Windpower brand on it, this is their product) which ran for 2 years, then had a minor failure, fixed under warranty. It then lasted about a year, and the circuit board failed yet again. Again, it was warranted. The next failure, however, was not. So, I bought a kit from SWWP to “update” the turbine to the new “Air Breeze”. That lasted 2 months, and it utterly melted down inside. It was a toxic swamp of caustic material from the insulation and other materials inside, which had gotten hot.
That was fixed under warranty and lasted … a month. Then, I bought one of these. It was installed temporarily for about 4 months, and then moved to replace the dead Air Breeze (failed yet again, 3rd time). It lasted a month, and it too, melted down inside. Yes, the same location, the same load, the same everything the original one made 3 years without major issue, has now been through 4 rebuilds in a year and a half. In fact, I have had no significant use ANY of the generators since the original Air Breeze conversion. They have either sent me parts, or replacement generators (takes up to 2 months to get warranty fixes) and every one of them has failed the first time any significant weather system has come through. The Sunforce branded model worked through 4 months in a semi-sheltered area, and weathered ONE storm. It was taken down, stored for 2 months, and reinstalled in the original location for my first Air-x, and it died when the first rainstorm came through, as it melted down and the insulation or whatever it is, is literally dripping out the bottom of the unit, which is still on the tower. I’m not taking it down until I figure out what to do with it.
Basically, the maker started out with a decent product, somewhere along the lines, they have ‘re-engineered” it, and now it’s garbage. Sad to say. The original was excellent and would still be in place if several years of running hadn’t just simply worn out the front casting where the bearings ride. Each of my conversations with tech support has been a matter of just flat out insult, as they continue to claim they have no idea what’s wrong, or that it’s “my location”. The original Air-X not only survived, but continued to work through a once-a-century windstorm that made national news. Nothing since it has been able to survive a single storm with 30-40 mph gusting.
I mounted this turbine in my back yard on the recommended schedule 40 galvanized pipe at about 20′ high. My location does not get consistent wind from one direction which is the only way this turbine will spin. Even in gusty conditions of 15-20 mph the turbine rarely spins more than a few revolutions and has not produced any measurable power after a month. If you don’t have a steady wind from one direction this turbine will not produce any power at all. You would be better off with a vertical turbine or one with larger blade surface area. The specs say 8 mph start up, that means a consistent 8 mph wind from a single direction. For the money you would be better off with a single 80 watt solar panel.
The device itself is nice and as others commented you will need a quite substantial wind if you want to produce significant amount of energy. That said, there are a couple of additional issues:
- to get good amount of winds, the turbine needs to be high and a 30′ to 45′ pole costs much more than the wind generator itself
- you might need an authorization from the town if you want to install such a big pole (some might not even allow it)
- keep in mind that when spinning the turbine generates a significant amount of noise and vibrations (increase with wind speed). We tried to install one on top of a building at work and the ceiling of the last floor was vibrating at a point that lights were shaking. So you definitely don’t want to try that on your roof at home.
Note that this thing generates DC current and if you install it far from your house, you will need expensive cables if you don’t want to lose too much by the time it reaches the inverter.
You can check [...]for the numbers of a live production of 1 solar panel and 1 wind turbine (this particular Sunforce model) in western MA.