Anyone use Solar Power for your ham shack?

[John Harper]

Been solar powered for three years now with no QRN from my SunSaver MPPT
controller. Two 100W Renogy panels on the roof in parallel (40V, 5A) feed
two Trojan T105 6V "golf cart" batteries in series:

https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2016/08/operating-on-solar-power.html

Ham stations make a great test platform for solar experimentation since
much of our gear operates from 13.8VDC, ie no need for inverters for most
of our equipment.

John AE5X
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[Jim Brown-10]

Note that this family of controllers is designed for use ONLY with lead
acid batteries.

73, Jim K9YC

On 6/21/2019 4:54 PM, John Harper wrote:

> Been solar powered for three years now with no QRN from my SunSaver MPPT
> controller. Two 100W Renogy panels on the roof in parallel (40V, 5A) feed
> two Trojan T105 6V "golf cart" batteries in series:
>
> https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2016/08/operating-on-solar-power.html
>
> Ham stations make a great test platform for solar experimentation since
> much of our gear operates from 13.8VDC, ie no need for inverters for most
> of our equipment.
>
> John AE5X
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