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Solar Charging Station | 11 comments (11 topical, editorial)

Re: Solar Charging Station (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by dimtick on Tue Apr 29th, 2008 at 08:20:13 AM MST
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Thanx Ghurd
do you have a source for the things you mention...HF kit? SG-4?

C

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Re: Solar Charging Station (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by mettleramiel on Tue Apr 29th, 2008 at 09:14:33 AM MST
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Just be warned, though, Harbour Freight kits are thin film panels, so they won't last as long as that 30w one mentioned above. Personaly, I would get the 30w panel with a 25 year warranty as opposed to a 5 year one, but that's just me.

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Re: Solar Charging Station (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by Bruce S (bruce(dot)stahl <at>gmail (dot)(com)) on Tue Apr 29th, 2008 at 10:48:28 AM MST
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You may be correct on the long duration part, have only had my HF panels two winters now.
BUT for getting his feet wet it is a good route to go. Has everything needed except the battery.
plus with (3) 15 watt panels you can seperate them and do cute little "test" projects with a panel and can always put it back if you need to.

The newer controller in the HF set is 100 times better than the old one. But being the smart person I play in my mind ;-O I went with a true solar controller. Then pipe it off to the batteries, then to the HF controller which I call and PDU (power Distrubution Unit).

Cheers
Bruce S

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Re: Solar Charging Station (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by ghurd on Tue Apr 29th, 2008 at 04:59:01 PM MST
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Like Bruce said,
HF kit is Harbor Freight ITEM 90599. It's often on sale cheaper at the retail store. Then the coupon. Wet feet.

MorningStar controller SG-4. If you can't get one delivered for under $35, shoot me an email.

Like mettleramiel said about the expected life span, except last time I saw a HF warranty card it was 90 days. And the popsci link has a cheapie thin-film too.
G-

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