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I haven't had time to construct the solar suitcases, so I've just been experimenting over the past few days, and I've been able to charge my car via the AC200P, which is a $600 refurb. With four of these $150 home depot 215 watt solar panels I can just barely get the minimum 700w that I need...

These panels make no sense at $400. Does anyone know the rational behind Home Depot's pricing? Obviously, you can buy 200 watt panels from multiple vendors at around $200, so these panels won't sell in quantity at $400. It's almost like Home Depot doesn't want to sell these panels.

As long as amps are kept below 15, then the 14 ga wire should be fine.

Charging my car with $600 AC200P. Maybe I can get like 15 miles per day using the solar from this unit. I'll upgrade the setup if this is working. As Will Prowse would say: "It actually works!"

I know. It's hard to believe there's this product offered by a Big Box store and no one has ever done a decent YouTube review of these panels. They do mention in their installation instructions about connecting panels in series. "Precautions when working with Charge Controllers If two or more...

Thank you for the link, but the big panels are just too big for my purpose. My suitcases will fold down to be 26 inches wide. I can store a 26 inch item on the top of a shelf in my garage, or alongside the shelf. The big panels are usually 40 inches or more wide. I can't easily store them. I...

People don't stand up and fight for potential harm. Until someone is actually harmed by the polarity issue, no one cares. And that is two fold: no actual harm to life, and no actual loss of money.

Bluetti is a tiny. They are a tiny company in a tiny market. Portable solar generators are not some kind of huge marketplace where people are spending billions of dollars. Jesus, it wasn't too long ago that Bluetti was launching their products on Indiegogo. Major corporations don't launch their...

The B300 is only for the AC300 and AC200Max. You would want the B230.

I'm making no claims about the quality of the Bluetti customer service. I paid $600 for my AC200P, so I expect the minimum. I bought it with the expectation that I can craigslist it for at least what I paid for it. If they had absolutely "No Customer Service" we would probably be hearing about...

I ordered 4 of those Nature Power 215w panels. How are they performing? Can get close to 200watts in full sun?

There are no extensive reviews of these panels online. I took a gamble on them because I should be able to return them to Home Depot. I'll post a review soon. I have 4 of those on order. At $154 they are cheaper than any new 200 watt solar panel for sale online that I can find. I had to pay...

There were complaints that the AC200Ps minimum of 35V charging prevented it from being charged by a single solar panel. So they changed the charging rate of the AC200Max to 10-145.

Consider a Goal Zero Yeti 6000x. They cost $5000. You get customer service, but you have to pay for it. Bluetti does have minimal customer service. It's a bit of an overstatement to say they have No customer service. The only way I was able to buy my $600 AC200P refurb was because someone was...

AC200P handles 35 to 150v. These panels are 25v. These things are cheap to build. A solar suitcase should just be two panels, a couple hinges and maybe some PVC pipe or Aluminum legs. My suitcases will weigh 45 or 50 pounds. If I don't tilt them very high, I'm not sure the wind could blow...

This is par for course for every Solar Generator company. Maybe Jackery is the only exception? But the high end kWh Jackery products suck compared to the competition. This is what you get if you want bleeding edge low priced solar technology. There is no alternative. EcoFlow, Bluetti...

2 suitcases. So 4 panels. MPPT. I bought a refurbed AC200P for $600. Sunny southern Colorado. Rarely a cloud in the sky. All in series. I am about 6.5 feet tall, so I can handle this big panels. I might get 2 more panels for the other input connection on the AC200P.

I looked into the used panels. I didn't like them. I want the the return policy on the new panels combined with the federal tax credit. I'm paying .50 cents per watt on new panels after the federal tax credit. That's fine.

I just built a similar setup. My panels haven't arrived yet so I don't have any statistics on the solar. I'm going to charge my electric car (and maybe set up a bitcoin machine in my garage). I might be able to save $3 to $5 dollars in gas based upon the 4 to 5 kWhs per day I can collect here...

I know. It would be nice to pick up a B230 battery for cheap and an AC300 in a year if those units ever appear as refurbs. If this unit turns out to work perfectly, I can probably craigslist it for at least $600 bucks if I want to replace it.

My $641 dollars AC200P just arrived. State of charge was 87% on arrival. I charged it up a bit, and this first thing I plugged in was a chrome book. Seems to be working perfectly. It was double boxed, and shipped to my house in 3 business days. The unit looks basically brand new, no finger...

That Flex 1500 might win the award for the coolest looking SoGen. But it's too bad IMO that it doesn't use lifepo4. And for so much battery expandability, the unit needs more solar input.

I'm comparing these two panels below for building a couple solar suitcases. Which of these panels are better? The Nature Power 215 Watt. I kind of like the idea of being able to return these HomeDepot. It's on sale for $154: With the Nature Power panels, I would have to convert the SAE...

The main issue with the EcoFlow River is it doesn't use Lifepo4. That's fine if you are okay with only 500 cycles before battery degradation.

The EB70 is the same price as the Jackery 500, and it blows it out of the water. 200 more watts of power, LFP for 5X the cycles and 2X the solar charging.

I ordered my AC200P on Saturday and it shipped today with a UPS tracking #. :)

If you want to order a Point Zero Titan, estimated shipping date is April 2022. That's pretty ridiculous. At one point the Titan was the up and coming most powerful entry in the market. Now, they basically don't make and ship product. The chip shortage and shipping problems aren't so bad that...

At the maxoak site: https://maxoak.net/pages/deal-news Maxoak is the company, and Bluetti is one of their brands.

You don't have to wait 3 years and 2 months for the flooding in the Keys. Roads in Stillwright Point in the Keys having been flooding regularly for years, sometimes for as much as 90 days under water. The flooding gets worse and worse with every king tide. The predictions are simply that by...

If you buy an All in One then you want to buy all of your panels at once, or ensure that you can buy identical panels at some point in the future. Your 530w panels is just a fraction of the total solar input, and not enough to charge a 400ah 24v battery. I think the Growatt 3000w is superior to...

He wisely didn't buy property in the Florida Keys, where many of the major roads will be flooded by 2025. My suggestion to people who don't believe in Global Warming is to move to the Florida Keys. You will find cheap land alongside these roads that will be flooded in less than 5 years...

I just bought a Bluetti AC200P Refurb for $600. There is no better product at that price. And quite by accident it doesn't have 30 amp, so no danger to me. :) We value your honesty and integrity. You've demonstrated it time and time again. There's no reason to be courageous if the unit isn't a...

Go see these cities while you can. Why would anyone in their right mind buy real estate in these places? The situation is Miami is even worse, as the city is sinking. Parts of Miami are already underwater during high tides...

You could always go the solar suit case route. It's just two panels with a hinge. This one features 175 watt panels, but they have 200 watt panels that are now roughly the same size as the 175 watt panels. It would be a 45 to 50 pound item to lift for each suitcase. Or you could be a smaller...

I might be stupid for buying one but I just did. $641 including taxes and shipping. I'm not sure why they would offer 3 different exchanges on this deal. Maybe they have low confidence in these units and expect them to be exchanged frequently in replace of offering a refund?