Rednecktek
Solar Wizard
So evidently the battery on my truck is dead... again... and I'm just going to give up and glue a panel to the roof and wire it into a cheapie PWM controller to keep the thing topped up while I'm deployed.
I was looking at flexible panels and I figure 50w would be plenty to just keep the batteries up, and I don't want to spend too much money because I have to work for a living. Paying double/watt just for flexible at the minimum hurts.
Anyways, I whittled it down to 2 contenders, but not being knowledgeable on brand names and such, I figure I'd throw it in here and see if anyone can point me one direction or another.
Option 1: SunPower 50w Flexible Mono for $80
Pro's: Higher review ratings 4.7/92, higher amperage (2.8a)
Con's: Lower VoC range so it will produce power only under more direct light and trees are a thing.
Option 2: TP-Solar 50w Flexible Mono for $80
Pro's: Higher voltage so it Should produce usable power under less than ideal conditions
Con's: Lower ratings 4.4/55, lower amperage (2.1a)
Either one will be hard wired to a cheapie PWM controller. Being as that it's not going to be doing the MPP thing, is there one better than the other?
Thanks gang!
I was looking at flexible panels and I figure 50w would be plenty to just keep the batteries up, and I don't want to spend too much money because I have to work for a living. Paying double/watt just for flexible at the minimum hurts.
Anyways, I whittled it down to 2 contenders, but not being knowledgeable on brand names and such, I figure I'd throw it in here and see if anyone can point me one direction or another.
Option 1: SunPower 50w Flexible Mono for $80
Pro's: Higher review ratings 4.7/92, higher amperage (2.8a)
Con's: Lower VoC range so it will produce power only under more direct light and trees are a thing.
Option 2: TP-Solar 50w Flexible Mono for $80
Pro's: Higher voltage so it Should produce usable power under less than ideal conditions
Con's: Lower ratings 4.4/55, lower amperage (2.1a)
Either one will be hard wired to a cheapie PWM controller. Being as that it's not going to be doing the MPP thing, is there one better than the other?
Thanks gang!