What is the Best Battery to use and Solar Charger

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Re: What is the Best Battery to use and Solar Charger

Postby Epbowen » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:16 pm

Shadow catcher, what brand is your panel?
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Re: What is the Best Battery to use and Solar Charger

Postby MtnDon » Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:01 pm

Shadow Catcher wrote:Again, part of the success with ours is that it is a 66 cell panel with an open circuit voltage around 70V and I have seen 17V from a full moon.



how many amps?
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Postby bdosborn » Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:27 pm

I get 13V from my panels underneath the garage lights but 0 amps out.

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Re: What is the Best Battery to use and Solar Charger

Postby MtnDon » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:47 pm

and it is the amps that do the actual charging. The volts push the amps; need both.
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Re: What is the Best Battery to use and Solar Charger

Postby bdosborn » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:34 pm

Here's a discussion on the output of solar panels in moonlight at the NAWS site:

FULL-MOON wattage???

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