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Personbonefish
12/2/2009 at 4:52pm
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are solar panels any good for just a trickle charge into the battery
just looking at cheap ones as i do not want to spend a lot on one !
as most of my time in the caravan ends up in fields at kite festivals with no hook ups available ?


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There is loads of info on this forum regarding Solar Panels. Suggest you do a search and all your questions will be answered.

 



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Quote: Originally posted by bonefish on 12/2/2009
are solar panels any good for just a trickle charge into the battery
just looking at cheap ones as i do not want to spend a lot on one !
as most of my time in the caravan ends up in fields at kite festivals with no hook ups available ?


Hi.
Well what a question, like how long is a piece of string. It all depends what you consider to be a trickle charge, and what you want to run from your batteries. There are 2 things you need to establish, they are how many amps your equipment will use, and how many amps the solar panel can produce, obviously the solar panel output needs to be greater than your equipment uses

Cheers Big Trev.


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12/2/2009 at 6:01pm
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good point
it was just a idea to top the battery up through the day
as most of the day i dont use any power apart from making a brew mainly just lights at night so everthing is no flat out all the time
and when its back home would it charge through the week


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Maplins do a briefcase panel - 13W for about £50.  We use one when there's no leccy for basic lighting, pump etc + about 1 hr TV via an inverter each night.  Went away for a week and still had enough juice to use the mover when we got home.

We also use a tiny one ('bout a tenner on Ebay) to keep the battery alive when its in storage. Works well in summer and ok in Winter.

And of course, once you've bought the panel - power is FREE - my favourite flavour


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Personjjim
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 Hi I bought one from ebay for about a tenner worked great for about 8 months then

died, of course I may have gotten a duff one but I would not bother getting another one, i just go up and take my battery home over winter.



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ask wizard he has one

http://www.caravandamprepairs.co.uk



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the only silly question is the one you do not ask.


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just looked at this
i know its not a main source of power , just a top up option

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=223251
any comments please ?

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Quote: Originally posted by bonefish on 13/2/2009
just looked at this
i know its not a main source of power , just a top up option

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=223251
any comments please ?

Hi bonefish
Personally I think it’s a waste of money 2.4 watts will give about 0.2 of an amp, per hour when the sunshine’s. You’ll need 5 hours of sunshine to produce 1 amp. Watts divided by volts= amps


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Personbonefish
15/2/2009 at 3:25pm
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fair comment

Post last edited on 15/02/2009 16:44:25

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HELLO WHATS ALL THIS THEN???????

SEEN SOLAR THING IN ARGOS

HOW DOES IT WORK ONLY WANT LIGHT AND HEATER AT NIGHT MAYBE AN ODD KETTLE BOIL WILL SOALR BE ANY GOOD FOR THAT



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