Recent content by faraday

As a followup, I never contacted HQST because I figured they would bungle any return process as badly as the bungled my original order. Instead I decided to keep the 3 HQST and order one more Renogy through Amazon, giving me 6 Renogy. For the moment I intend to put these (6) into storage, to...

Small update. First, my methodology on panel testing was flawed. I didn't realize how much smoke we apparently have in the air due to western fires. So, the OCV and OOC didn't really mean much as I measured them. Today I unboxed a Tracer 1410AN Charge Controller and conducted some...

I'd be really cautious ordering directly from HQST, see what happened to me (at about the same time, Sept 2020): https://diysolarforum.com/threads/rng-100d-ss-vs-hqst-100-ss.13016/#post-145609

Both panels are definetly mono and look pretty much like photos in these brochures: https://www.renogy.com/template/files/Specifications/RNG-100D-SS%20spec.pdf https://hqsolarpower.com/content/HQST-100D-SS-Spec.pdf I just read the HQST spec sheet and noticed that the electrical specs don't even...

Hi all, new member here. We recently ordered (8) HQST-100D-SS panels directly from the https://hqsolarpower.com website. Here's what we got: (5) Renogy RNG-100D-SS in somewhat battered boxes. (3) HQST-100D-SS in similarly battered boxes. I kind of think the boxes left the factory like that...