30 Watt Solar Panel Give Away (SHOW US YOUR SMALL PROJECT)

[4321loco]

Come on guys, dont be shy and lets post up some projects.

[TheAwkwardGuy]

Here's my project as of today.
It's an 85W 12v panel, 4 used 6v 225ah batteries and a 10A charge controller. I buried a 2" pipe yesterday to use as the mount for the panel. It's too short at the moment but I plan on adding about another foot or two to get it out of the evening shadows. The panel is about 60' away from my battery shed. The shed still needs a door and some paint.

I'm using this system to run a few lights at night and potentially run the furnace during Winter power outages.
The current setup is too small to run large loads for any extended time so I'd like to add more panels in the future.

[bsharp76]

project

Are you sure you were an electrician?

120 watts = 1200 volts x 0.1 amps
120 watts = 120 volts x 1 amp
120 watts = 12 volts x 10 amps
120 watts = 1.2 volts x 100 amps

All four equations are True equations.

i just wired houses like 10 yrs ago so i automatically thought in terms of 120v. im far from knowledgable on it,i guess basically im just having a hard time grasping a basic theory,which is how to figure out how many watts of panels i need to run things.as you can tell i have no clue but wanted to do panels on a truck camper as a learning process and first project to learn from. is that too ambitious for a newb? theres no sarcasm intended i just dont wanna get in over my head

[Naptown]

i just wired houses like 10 yrs ago so i automatically thought in terms of 120v. im far from knowledgable on it,i guess basically im just having a hard time grasping a basic theory,which is how to figure out how many watts of panels i need to run things.as you can tell i have no clue but wanted to do panels on a truck camper as a learning process and first project to learn from. is that too ambitious for a newb? theres no sarcasm intended i just dont wanna get in over my head

No but you will need to know a little theory especially about batteries and their limitations.
Grid tie is a much simpler system and the learning curve is not as steep.

[4321loco]

Not much going on here hope we get a few more projects...

[4321loco]

Ended Ended Ended

I only had 2 persons participate...I would like to announce the winner of this contest.

TheAwkwardGuy ____Winner___

Dakota2004 2nd place



TheAwkwardGuy please pm me your Physical address so I can ship item out asap by UPS.



Dakota2004 Please pm me your mailing address I may be able to send out something your way as a second place runner up...Thanks for the participation

[TheAwkwardGuy]

I was hoping to see more members post their projects.
I'm very happy I won though.

Thanks 4321loco

[Dakota2004]

Can't PM

Can't PM without 10 post.

[TheAwkwardGuy]

It's tough to get your post count up on this forum. I've found many answers by just browsing though old post so no need to ask and I'm not proficient enough on solar to post replies.

Glad I found this site, a lot of great info.

[4321loco]

Update: Items ready to ship out, thanks

[Dakota2004]

Thank You

4321loco,

Thanks for the charge controller it will be a great addition to my solar collection I have started.

Dakota2004

[4321loco]

Your Welcome

4321loco,

Thanks for the charge controller it will be a great addition to my solar collection I have started.

Dakota2004

I had a few things laying around, decided to give them a new home....Who knows, might try this later on again