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Topic: Solar panels for tenting-recommendations

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c-mac

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Hello,

not posted on here for a while. Am looking for solar panel ideas to charge phone and medical devices when off grid for a few days with a tent ( insulin pump monitor/ phone has glucose monitor app)...will be taking a couple of power packs as back up, but would be handy to top them up with solar. The campsites have either metered ( a few mins) socket or nothing so there is no practical option there.

I have checked a few reviews but a bit of practical advice/experience would be helpful 🙂 TIA

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what do you mean "The campsites have either metered ( a few mins) socket "

phone can be charged by 12v from your car, and you need to check if the insulin pump can be supplied to run off 12volt

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dokio foldable 200 watt panels would do the job.. you would need a battery for the panels to charge though.. ideally a small power station 600 watts or so but it all comes down to what you want to run of the system..

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Check what power requirements for the all appliances you intend to use?

I'm not sure what power is required for an insulin monitor but defo check that.

For a portable solar panel here are some:

https://www.sunstore.co.uk/product/12v-lightweight-solar-battery-charger-120w-briefcase/

Solar panel with portable power station that is midrange in terms of power but there are tonnes of options:

https://outdoorroadie.co.uk/products/jackery-solar-generator-500

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I have a Jackery 500 (with Solar Panel)

I bought mine with out a Solar Panel, and bought a Renology 100w Solar Panel, I would have bought battery and Solar Panel at the same time in hindsight, as Solar was an after thought.

This was purchased to run a cPAP device, however, I have also used to power a Fridge as well as a LED light My cPAP uses about 8% of the battery per night, so I would stop using other appliances before the battery got below 10%

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you pay a pound in a meter and get a few minutes to boil a kettle or dry hair and its one socket on whole site! For the other site...Car is not an option as parked a distance away from camping area ...festival car parking not really accessible

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thankyou, the devices are phone size so similar power requirements, will have a look at these 🙂

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