[Elecraft] Solar Panels

[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, k3hx at juno.com wrote:
>Harbor Freight ('Arbor Fright for our VK readers...HI!) has a 3 panel
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>setup which comes with a controller and 2, 12 volt compact flourescent
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>lamps. Claimed power is 45 watts. Usual price is $249.
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>Got mine at the local Harbor Freight store on sale for $199 and was
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>able to use a 15% off cupon to reduce the cost to about $180 after
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>Pennsyslvania and county confiscatory sales taxes.
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>The stand for the panels is a fixed angle steel device sure to rust
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>quickly.  I made one of aluminum angle stock with variable angle.
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>Measured peak power output in mid-summer for my installation is 3 amps
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>(about 39 watts.) The panels appear to have reverse current protection
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>diodes.
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>I regard it as a good value for @ $180.  Were I to do a whole house
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>system, I'd go with Kyrocera and spend the extra dollars.
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>72,
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>Tim Colbert  K3HX
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