Thread: What size and format of Solar Panel

Originally Posted by land864

What are your recommendations for size of a solar panel.
It would be to recharge the camper battery and the car dual batteries when we are propped for a few days.
Solid or flexible type?
Would prefer to be able to put up inside windscreen for security purposes if away from the car walking for the day or something.
Any ideas of cost.
Amnyone like to loan me one for Sept 12 to Oct 3 2009?

Pete G

PM Kunmoo, he is in the game he also did my setup

Originally Posted by land864

What are your recommendations for size of a solar panel.
It would be to recharge the camper battery and the car dual batteries when we are propped for a few days.
Solid or flexible type?
Would prefer to be able to put up inside windscreen for security purposes if away from the car walking for the day or something.
Any ideas of cost.
Amnyone like to loan me one for Sept 12 to Oct 3 2009?

Pete G

buy the biggest panel you can a afford

if you were in brisbane i would loan you one of mine........

i have one fitted to a roof bar permantly......you can see my second one in the background

I bought a solar panel whilst in Broome last year (optima battery had failed whilst on a trip so had to rethink our electrical arrangements), then sold it after we got home. The panel I bought was 80 watt, this was sufficient to run a 40l engel fridge in 40degree heat plus 2 fluoro camp lights, plus put some charge into the battery. I would not go anything less than 80watts- I spoke with a bloke in the campground at Windjana Gorge who had a 60watt panel, he said that he had found it not quite sufficient to run the fridge- had to run a genny to charge his batteries every couple of days.

Hey , thanks guys , especially you Weeds.

Great offer.

I was thinking along the lines of an 80 watt coz that is watt the experts had told me.

Pete

Originally Posted by land864

Hey , thanks guys , especially you Weeds.

Great offer.

I was thinking along the lines of an 80 watt coz that is watt the experts had told me.

Pete

yes 80W is pretty much the minimum, mine are 65W but as they pretty much cost me nothing i'm not complaining........

just go a simple regulator, the novelty will wear off pretty quick with the fancy ones, all you need is LED indication

Found this guy how is cheap Solar Steve

Originally Posted by vogue

Found this guy how is cheap Solar Steve

where is Solar Steve?

Melbourne.

or try Solar Active Australia - Home they are in QLD