[Milsurplus] solar panels

[Jim Degenhart]

Most people don't spend enough time considering how they will use the 
avalable power.
Read everything you can on systems.
Plan on how you will use the power.  Every day? 24 hrs? every 5 days?
All this is needed to avoid spending excess money on the system or a system 
that just pisses you off.
I have systems that draw 200 amps at 24 volts for a few times a month with a 
steady drain of 500ma.  They take almost 10 days of full sun to come back to 
100%  Batterys last about 3 years
I also have a system that draws 300 ma steady and transmitts once every 15 
min with 3 amps draw.  The batterys are almost 11 years old. System usage is 
the whole ball game with solar.
Jim