I wanted to get the package akrvbob was suggesting for several reasons:
We did not have a stationary mailto address yet, and could not afford the time wait. Also, we are using backyard engineering skills at the moment, so we went the Harbor Freight route, since we know we can expand into the grown up kit once we get this figured out.
We have a 24 series 12v deep cycle battery that is really at the moment only handling the light electric part of my propane fridge, the overhead lights, and I think that is about all it is doing. I plan on tacking in an inverter like akrvbob has discussed on his page, the Cobra 400W. Right now all of my work is by telecommute, so as I look at my Roxie right now, she is in full sun, and could be recharging.
I picked up the 15W single panel with a smaller charge controller to trickle charge the battery. But first, I want to get a handle on this and try to use the panel to charge my phones and things that seem to never properly get charged.
I know I will need to move to a full 200W-400W system, but right now I am learning the system, and the toy setup with high reviews for doing what I am doing with it seemed to be the best in a crunch. Has anyone else had to go this route?
- We have grown to respect his judgement
- It's a really good deal
- As a Seawolf alumni, I know I can trust Sourdough logic
We did not have a stationary mailto address yet, and could not afford the time wait. Also, we are using backyard engineering skills at the moment, so we went the Harbor Freight route, since we know we can expand into the grown up kit once we get this figured out.
We have a 24 series 12v deep cycle battery that is really at the moment only handling the light electric part of my propane fridge, the overhead lights, and I think that is about all it is doing. I plan on tacking in an inverter like akrvbob has discussed on his page, the Cobra 400W. Right now all of my work is by telecommute, so as I look at my Roxie right now, she is in full sun, and could be recharging.
I picked up the 15W single panel with a smaller charge controller to trickle charge the battery. But first, I want to get a handle on this and try to use the panel to charge my phones and things that seem to never properly get charged.
I know I will need to move to a full 200W-400W system, but right now I am learning the system, and the toy setup with high reviews for doing what I am doing with it seemed to be the best in a crunch. Has anyone else had to go this route?