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Topic: Which solar power for my Conway hardtop

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Walkwithfire

31/7/2012 at 12:02pm
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Hi folks, just got back from lovely 8 days of sunshine in Suffolk! However need a solar charger for roof of my hardtop Conway club,an, to charge 12 v battery as do not use camp sites! Fields are best, found a flexable one on eBay that can be fitted to roof think its 80 w, any advice? It's a monocrystaize one! She says scratching her head!!
Ps what othernbits do I need to connect to battery etc !

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SiHa

31/7/2012 at 1:01pm
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You'll also need a charge regulator. 80W = 12V x 6.66A, so you'll need one rated at more than that.

Something like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10A-Solar-Panel-Charge-Controller-Regulator-12V-24V-/110856129865?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item19cf8a4d49

I am not recommending this particular one, just providing an example.

Polycrystalline panels are not as efficient as Monocrystalline, so you may want to look at those. I've just bought a 30W Mono panel from Sun Store, and it seems quite good quality (I'll find out what it's like for charging on Wednesday!).

Out of interest, why are you going for a flexible one? You don't really want to bond it straight to the roof, as to get any sort of decent efficiency you need to be able to point the panel to the South.

Cheers,

Simon

Walkwithfire

01/8/2012 at 9:41pm
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Thanks Simon!! Good point, will check out your link so I can point it where it needs to go !
Thanks

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Thanks Simon!! Good point, will check out your link so I can point it where it needs to go !
Thanks

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Walkwithfire

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Thanks Simon!! Good point, will check out your link so I can point it where it needs to go !
Thanks

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