solar project....getting started....

[Lil Bear]

Got my interest peaked.

[Echo2]

Still pretty cool plz keep us posted very interested to see what you do with it

My brother is coming in next weekend...hopefully we'll do some wiring....that's the plan any way.

[Iron mike]

Still pretty cool plz keep us posted very interested to see what you do with it

[Echo2]

The HF panels are only 45 watts....you bump it down to 15w and get about 2.5 amps....you can keep a charge up....but it's not enough to bring a battery back from being wore down......Well you may given a month of sunny days....it just doesn't generate enough juice.

A deep cycle battery is better for power use applications...due to the fact that they are meant to be taken down very low...then charged back to full. A typical car battery will be killed by doing so repetitively.

[Ganger]

With the battery bank, so do they make commerical batterys for this purpose or are you forced to kind of use deep cycle batteries?

[Echo2]

got the 45W set from HF, too...our group is planning to use them to keep a bank of 12V Marine batteries charged...but we haven't really started the project yet - been too busy with the gardening.

the HF set of cells make a decent maintainer.....but they will not work as a charger.

[tmedlin]

got the 45W set from HF, too...our group is planning to use them to keep a bank of 12V Marine batteries charged...but we haven't really started the project yet - been too busy with the gardening.

[Echo2]

what a find. jeez some guys have all the luck. lol

luck or a curse....if you saw the shear volume of speghetti underneath the thing...you'd understand....:)

[Dawg Fan]

what a find. jeez some guys have all the luck. lol

[Echo2]

I'll post when I get started on it.....I got the wire....now it's just time.

[mikehemi]

That is sweet I hope you can show it off here when you finish it up.

[slowz1k]

NO WAY!!!!!

That is the coolest score ever!!! Echo you HAVE to keep us posted on this one!!!!!

You didn't happen to get it from a guy named Walsh did you???

[Echo2]

what the heck? u bought or got that for free? what's there just the solar?

Did a little welding job for the guy.....all the solar cells are intact.....in the process of wiring now.....to see what output really is.....

Depending on what the output is....I may buy another PowerBright pure sine inverter....

[PT945]

That's great, and for a 50.00 weld job. That's is going to be the score of the year .

[Diesel]

what the heck? u bought or got that for free? what's there just the solar?