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Good Deal on Solar?
By valterra, Section Diaries Posted on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 01:13:31 AM MST
Friend's Offer - What do you guys think?

I have a buddy who has a solar panel I'd like to buy.
Here are the specs:
solarex panel model vlx53
12 volt
p max 53.0w
voc 21.3v
isc 3.33a
vpmax 3.09a
at 800 wm-2am 1.5 cell t 49c
pmav 38.6 w
ipmax 2.52 a
He wants $90 for the panel and two 12V CFL bulbs.
What do you guys think? Seems to me that I'd pay a lot more for one brand new. This guy has kept his in the garage, so it's basically new.

Good Deal on Solar? | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by electronbaby (roy<at>windsine.org) on Mon Aug 18th, 2008 at 07:44:23 PM MST
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less than $1.69/watt. Not a bad deal. I would go for it. :-)
Have Fun!! RoyR KB2UHF

Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by jonas302 on Mon Aug 18th, 2008 at 09:09:41 PM MST
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sounds like I need buddies with better stuff (: The cfls must be worth $20
hope you get it

Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by dnix71 (yahoo.com 'dnix71') on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 08:36:31 AM MST
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Yeah, I would jump on that. A 50 watt panel for less than $100. I have 8 extra 12v Harbor Freight cfl's from their panel kits, so I don't know what they are worth.

Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by veewee77 on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 09:33:29 PM MST
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That is a good deal. . .I'd like deals like that to come along my way sometimes!

Doug

Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by valterra on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 10:25:56 PM MST
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thanks for the input guys.

This is a coworker who had intended to use them for his "smart garage" for his smart car. He had then discovered HF's all in one solar powered barn light system which is easier than doing a whole setup.

i always tease him because he is really liberal and here i am, another evil republican who, unlike him, recycles and and plays with my wind generators and solar panels. :P

Anyhow, because this panel will be slipped into an existing system, it will be put to good use right away instead of sitting in his garage. We both agreed that was a good idea.

He believes in Global Warmi... err i mean Climate Change, so i was sure to write "Carbon Credit" on the memo line of the check. :) All in good fun.

Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 06:15:53 AM MST
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Oh you evil tempter! B^>

Rgds

Damon

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Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by valterra on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 07:51:08 AM MST
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:-D Yeah, my wife said we are what is called "Crunchy" Conservatives. lol.

This guy and I have fun. He and I will be voting for different people this election, and we disagree on whether or not we can control the weather. But neither one of us thinks the other is an idiot and there's no animosity there. Good people are good people, even if they disagree.

As for my conservative idea of rugged individualism and self-reliance, I've said before that people like you are great examples of what can be done. When Damon's grid power goes out, he probably doesn't feel like a helpless jackass the way most of us do. :-)

I'm almost there myself.

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Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 08:17:42 AM MST
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Thankfully for my self-esteem, grid power in suburban London is very very reliable! Thus I will probably not have to find out how like a jackass I might feel, though I'm pretty sure that I'll at least have some lighting in two rooms of the house! B^>

(Of course, Murphy's Law suggests that we'll only have a grid outage at the very moment my off-grid system is down for repairs or whatever...)

Rgds

Damon

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Re: Good Deal on Solar? (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by valterra on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 08:53:27 AM MST
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Yep, for me right now, it's a night-light and then whatever else I want to drain my batteries with (radio, etc.) But that night-light is on 24x7, grid power or not.

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