If you are in the market for 200w panels next 12hrs (10/10/22)

[Mattb4]

Just happened to notice over on Ebay that Eco-worthy has their 200w RV panels on sale for the rest of today. Free shipping. Not as cheap as used panels but I have no access to used in my neck of the woods. Price about $175.99
I ordered 2 of the 200w for myself for a RASP (Redundant Array of Solar Panels) to feed some old parts I have in the way of inverter, SCC and batteries.

Just thought I would pass this along.

ECO-WORTHY 100W 200W 400W 1000W Watt Bifacial Solar Panel Mono PV 12V Home RV | eBay

Bifacial 195W Solar Panel. Bifacial 100W Solar Panel. 1200W Watt Bifacial Solar Panel Kit. 【Bifacial solar panels】. Solar Panel Kit. Solar Battery System. 5-100W Solar panel. 120-200W Solar Panel.

www.ebay.com

 

[Risky Rob]

Good find, but I'm maxxed out.

 

[Mattb4]

Good find, but I'm maxxed out.

Yeah my wallet is rather lean these days also. So the trade off is more solar panels or paying the Bills. It is not like I have to eat.

 

[Risky Rob]

Yeah my wallet is rather lean these days also. So the trade off is more solar panels or paying the Bills. It is not like I have to eat.

I would have to buy a higher amp scc, as well as panels. We're also in a recession now, for how long, nobody knows.

 

[JoeHam]

Recently Amazon had brand new panels for 50 cents a Watt, including shipping so good deals do pop up.

I’ll try to find the thread.

Edit. Here is the 100W thread :

Acopower 100W Solar Panel $49.99

These panels like the previous thread for the Acopower 200w panels are generic 100w panels: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B7X79CMJ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AH5QPK18MUW5U&psc=1&tag=tbpre-20&ascsubtag=021egWPTE0iF64wqM8b12XR They are 50% off with the coupon below: "5E8G5FFQ" (Exp 8/7) I...

diysolarforum.com

And the 200W thread :

200 watt solar panels ( ACOPOWER )

45% off with promotional code 6T8RRIHJ ~ 5% off more if you have Amazon Prime. Should be $117.69. Look under "other sellers on amazon"...

diysolarforum.com

 

[cs1234]

Yeah my wallet is rather lean these days also. So the trade off is more solar panels or paying the Bills. It is not like I have to eat.

We need something like solar, but for food. ?

 

[Risky Rob]

Recently Amazon had brand new panels for 50 cents a Watt, including shipping so good deals do pop up.

I’ll try to find the thread.

Edit. Here is the 100W thread :

Acopower 100W Solar Panel $49.99

These panels like the previous thread for the Acopower 200w panels are generic 100w panels: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B7X79CMJ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AH5QPK18MUW5U&psc=1&tag=tbpre-20&ascsubtag=021egWPTE0iF64wqM8b12XR They are 50% off with the coupon below: "5E8G5FFQ" (Exp 8/7) I...

diysolarforum.com

And the 200W thread :

200 watt solar panels ( ACOPOWER )

45% off with promotional code 6T8RRIHJ ~ 5% off more if you have Amazon Prime. Should be $117.69. Look under "other sellers on amazon"...

diysolarforum.com

I bought those 200W panels. Glad that I did.

 

[Risky Rob]

We need something like solar, but for food. ?

I use passive solar power to grow fruits and vegetables. Amazing chlorophyll technology.

 

[Leeds]

Just happened to notice over on Ebay that Eco-worthy has their 200w RV panels on sale for the rest of today. Free shipping. Not as cheap as used panels but I have no access to used in my neck of the woods. Price about $175.99
I ordered 2 of the 200w for myself for a RASP (Redundant Array of Solar Panels) to feed some old parts I have in the way of inverter, SCC and batteries.

Just thought I would pass this along.

ECO-WORTHY 100W 200W 400W 1000W Watt Bifacial Solar Panel Mono PV 12V Home RV | eBay

Bifacial 195W Solar Panel. Bifacial 100W Solar Panel. 1200W Watt Bifacial Solar Panel Kit. 【Bifacial solar panels】. Solar Panel Kit. Solar Battery System. 5-100W Solar panel. 120-200W Solar Panel.

www.ebay.com

What's the VOC on these panels? I'm on mobile and can't seem to find it anywhere in the listing.

 

[Risky Rob]

What's the VOC on these panels? I'm on mobile and can't seem to find it anywhere in the listing.

22.8V

 

[Risky Rob]

What's the VOC on these panels? I'm on mobile and can't seem to find it anywhere in the listing.

Sorry, I found 22.8 V just now in the as specifications.

 

[OzSolar]

Yeah my wallet is rather lean these days also. So the trade off is more solar panels or paying the Bills. It is not like I have to eat.

Solar panels are forever, food not so much. Most hotels don't pay any attention to the thier free breakfasts. Chamber of Commerce is always having a luncheon and they don't watch them the closely.

 

[400bird]

Solar panels are forever, food not so much.

Well, most say something like 25 years. So about like a Twinkie.

We need something like solar, but for food. ?

I was going to say farm, but I like this answer better:

I use passive solar power to grow fruits and vegetables. Amazing chlorophyll technology.

 

[cs1234]

Solar panels are forever, food not so much.

My father once told me "Don't waste your money on something you are going to just out anyway."

 

[Mattb4]

Looks like they extended their sale for another 2 days.

 

[Risky Rob]

Looks like they extended their sale for another 2 days.

Stop tempting us!?

 

[Leeds]

Mine arrived. The boxes were each torn up during shipping and there were a few scrapes on the panels but nothing electrically wrong.

These panels are pre-configured for stand alone use or for series use as they have bypass diodes built right in.

As I am in a design phase and am moving panels around a lot I modified them to add blocker diodes so that I could put them in parallel without ill effect. As it turns out there's plenty of room in the box once you snip out the unneeded parts.

 

[G20]

We need something like solar, but for food. ?

They are called "Victory Gardens".

 

[G20]

I use passive solar power to grow fruits and vegetables. Amazing chlorophyll technology.

Where do you get the water from in San Joanquin ?

Would love to have a Victory Garden, but we are in stage 4 water rationing in SoCal.

 

[cs1234]

Where do you get the water from in San Joanquin ?

Would love to have a Victory Garden, but we are in stage 4 water rationing in SoCal.

Have you considered recycling your urine? That's likely the next stage of rationing anyway.. ?

 

[G20]

Have you considered recycling your urine? That's likely the next stage of rationing anyway.. ?

Don't laugh, California has been pushing "Toilet to the Tap" instead of desalination plants, capturing some of the 75% lost runoff and/or building more storage infrastructure to store the wasted/lost runoff.

If they were serious they could recycle grey water (shower/wash water) for toilets instead of drinking from the toilets.

There are some grass root efforts to use grey water for residential turf irrigation.

 

[Risky Rob]

Where do you get the water from in San Joanquin ?

Would love to have a Victory Garden, but we are in stage 4 water rationing in SoCal.

We have private wells.

 

[Mattb4]

Just got in my panels. No problems readily apparent and my quick voltage check is reading better than panels ratings. Just cardboard packed and no cushioning so I feel lucky to have them come all the way from California without damage.

Rating for Voc is 21.60v but I get 24.17v for one and the other is 24.20v propped up in the midday sun at 50F outdoors. Won't be an issue for my intended use. Tested wattage on 10/18 and got 320w for both panels wired in series at full sun. ~80% rated