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we have had a panel for a year now and have no problems with it, used it while away for 14 nights last summer with no ehu and didnt have any worries.

why is it, when it comes down to getting 12 v power a heated arguement always happens from those qouting facts and figures from there books and trying to drown the rest of us in this, all you need to to know is, when you have no other way of rechargeing your battery they work! everybody usage is different so a direct comparison cannot be made, however last summer the camping and caravan club did a test to try to settle this for once and all, they used equipment a certain number of times - varying stuff the battery lasted 4 - 5 days they then replaced the battery with a fully charged one and connected a solar panel and used the equipment exactly the same number of times and the battery held out for 10.

we have no worries about using ours and will continue to do so.

we brought an 18w panel off the internet and tried it last week while we were away without ehu, our panel kept the battery charged up all week and we had no worries at all.

it has opened our eyes that why pay for electric when the panel supplies it, we know now that we can go away for any amount of time without ehu and not worry at all.

by the way i paid £52 for mine and it will save me money in the long run.  

Quote: Originally posted by tentmad on 04/09/2005

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another one that is going to quote facts and figures untill blue in the face and poo poo every test and person saying that they do work! if the article is in the c & cc mag which is where i read it (and after i got mine btw) was wrong dont you think they would have had a long list of claims against them? for reccomending something that didnt work.  buy and use a solar panel then come back and tell use that it doesnt work cause i know mine does

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You missed the point I was making, read the post again, the costs I quoted above are the typical costs of the solution you quoted from the magazine. 

I dont dispute the information you quoted at all, quite the reverse, I merly worked out what the cost of the c & cc mag solution was for typical summer and winter use.

Try here;

http://www.selectsolar.co.uk/panel.html

or here;

http://www.solar-batterycharger.co.uk/Solarpro%2050W.htm

or here;

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/redirect.asp?redir=http://www.towsure.com/default.asp?t=478&p=0&d=56

What size Solar Panel do you have ?

Here's a 60watt panel for £200 plus £25 postage with a 25 year guaranteed power output .
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/60-Watt-Framed-Monocrystalline-Solar-Panel-Made-in-UK_W0QQitemZ5841370244QQcategoryZ294QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's solar for me when i can afford it

atb

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