Solar Panels

Harbor Freight ('Arbor Fright for our VK readers...HI!) has a 3 panel

setup which comes with a controller and 2, 12 volt compact flourescent

lamps. Claimed power is 45 watts. Usual price is $249.


Got mine at the local Harbor Freight store on sale for $199 and was

able to use a 15% off cupon to reduce the cost to about $180 after

Pennsyslvania and county confiscatory sales taxes.


The stand for the panels is a fixed angle steel device sure to rust

quickly.  I made one of aluminum angle stock with variable angle.


Measured peak power output in mid-summer for my installation is 3 amps
 
(about 39 watts.) The panels appear to have reverse current protection

diodes.


I regard it as a good value for @ $180.  Were I to do a whole house

system, I'd go with Kyrocera and spend the extra dollars.

72,

Tim Colbert  K3HX
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[Jerry Flanders]

I have seen that setup in the HF store and wondered if you get 3 12 V
panels that you wire in parallel or 3 4V panels that you wire in
series. Lots of extra options if they are 3 12V panels. No clue on
the box, IIRC.

Are they 12V or 4V?

Jerry W4UK

At 06:25 AM 3/19/2008, [hidden email] wrote:

>Harbor Freight ('Arbor Fright for our VK readers...HI!) has a 3 panel
>
>setup which comes with a controller and 2, 12 volt compact flourescent
>
>lamps. Claimed power is 45 watts. Usual price is $249.
>
>
>Got mine at the local Harbor Freight store on sale for $199 and was
>
>able to use a 15% off cupon to reduce the cost to about $180 after
>
>Pennsyslvania and county confiscatory sales taxes.
>
>
>The stand for the panels is a fixed angle steel device sure to rust
>
>quickly.  I made one of aluminum angle stock with variable angle.
>
>
>Measured peak power output in mid-summer for my installation is 3 amps
>
>(about 39 watts.) The panels appear to have reverse current protection
>
>diodes.
>
>
>I regard it as a good value for @ $180.  Were I to do a whole house
>
>system, I'd go with Kyrocera and spend the extra dollars.
>
>72,
>
>Tim Colbert  K3HX
>__________________________________

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