Solar Panel

[busdriverbob]

I bought a new trailer Artic Wolf 305ML. It is pre wired for solar power. My question is do I just plug in a panel or do I need to buy a controller?

[PNW_Steve]

pianotuna wrote:
I was thinking more along these lines:

SunPower 305W 72 cell Poly $0.30/W (Pallet) 25/Pallet

Buy them, mark them up 100% ($183 for a 305 watt panel)and sell them to other folk who want solar.

Get a grape charge controller from Home Depot for $70. It would handle 2 of these panels. Or you can get the Grape MPPT for a few dollars more.

You do have to watch the shipping costs.

https://sunelec.com/

I think that's a great idea as long as the spares actually get sold....

If you stack them in your wife's parking spot in the garage for a year it doesn't play so well........ Ask me how I know...... 🙂

[DarkSkySeeker]

PNW_Steve wrote:

Sorry I was not clear, I was asking for a link to the panels with built in charge controllers. The link you posted is a conventional seperate panels and charge controller.

Oh, OK. I guess I missed the mark. I guess I should have written "built on", not "built in".

[pianotuna]

Hi

Here are a few. You may pay an extreme premium price for such a combined device.

https://www.solbian.eu/en/24-allinone-series?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

PNW_Steve wrote:


Sorry I was not clear, I was asking for a link to the panels with built in charge controllers.

The link you posted is a conventional seperate panels and charge controller.

[pianotuna]

I was thinking more along these lines:

SunPower 305W 72 cell Poly $0.30/W (Pallet) 25/Pallet

Buy them, mark them up 100% ($183 for a 305 watt panel)and sell them to other folk who want solar.

Get a grape charge controller from Home Depot for $70. It would handle 2 of these panels. Or you can get the Grape MPPT for a few dollars more.

You do have to watch the shipping costs.

https://sunelec.com/

PNW_Steve wrote:


Holy Cow!!!

$619 for a 100 watt panel and a PWM controller.......

[PNW_Steve]

pianotuna wrote:
If you want inexpensive panels this link may help--but watch out for the shipping charges. They do have two locations:

https://sunelec.com/

Holy Cow!!!

$619 for a 100 watt panel and a PWM controller.......

[PNW_Steve]

DarkSkySeeker wrote:

PNW_Steve wrote:

Could you post a link to these?

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Sorry I was not clear, I was asking for a link to the panels with built in charge controllers.

The link you posted is a conventional seperate panels and charge controller.

[pianotuna]

If you want inexpensive panels this link may help--but watch out for the shipping charges. They do have two locations:

https://sunelec.com/

[DarkSkySeeker]

PNW_Steve wrote:

Could you post a link to these?

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[N-Trouble]

Never heard of a controller on the panel either. Doesnt really make sense. You want the comtroller inside the RV so you can monitor the vitals

[PNW_Steve]

DarkSkySeeker wrote:

busdriverbob wrote:
I bought a new trailer Artic Wolf 305ML. It is pre wired for solar power. My question is do I just plug in a panel or do I need to buy a controller?

You can buy panel(s) with controllers attached.

I have done a fair bit of solar and have not seen these. I have seen micro inverters built into the panel but never a charge controller.

Could you post a link to these?

Thanks.

[Lwiddis]

You need a controller. “Unfiltered” solar charging is not desirable. What’s the wire size on the plugin? That determines how much solar you can have. Let us know when you tire of portable panels. The best of solar isn’t “plug and play.” Do some reading.

[ppine]

Buy an MPPT controller with some room to expand your system in the future.

[DarkSkySeeker]

busdriverbob wrote:
I bought a new trailer Artic Wolf 305ML. It is pre wired for solar power. My question is do I just plug in a panel or do I need to buy a controller?

You can buy panel(s) with controllers attached.

[busdriverbob]

Thanks for the info