Well today is August 7th 2020. What would you (all) say is it good price per hundred Watts right now? I'm gonna also post a question about some used REC panels I found..Yes, you can buy super cheap panels direct from China. The difference will be seen in 5 years time. Drop in and let us know how your panels are going
If you want a decent panel from China, where most of them are made anyway, you still need to pay a reasonable price for it.
If you are contemplating buying a stack of 100w panels, you should consider big cheap panels. Its pretty common to find $.50 per watt for panels on craigslist. Also santan solar among a couple others searchable here or recommendations for simply asking.price per hundred Watts right now?
Whats wrong in America ?
Hey guys
I just bought 5 310w Chinese solar panels for 110 dollars per piece here in Switzerland.
And Will talks about a 100$ for 100w.
Whats wrong im America ?
Erwin from Switzerland
I paid $159/330W panel shipped for a Taiwan made panel from a reputable U.S. vendor.
I paid $159/330W panel shipped for a Taiwan made panel from a reputable U.S. vendor.
So you have panels that are a little cheaper. Cool. Come back and brag again when the cost of living in Switzerland isn't 70% higher than the U.S.
I have Hanwha 345w cells comming from a US supplier for $165. With shipping the panels will be $0.52/w
Check out some of the deals that @upnorthandpersonal has all the way to Finland. I don't think they come all that way by Sea. They come through some big port in Europe if I am not mistaken.i live in switzerland and i am interested where you find this price.
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Check out some of the deals that @upnorthandpersonal has all the way to Finland. I don't think they come all that way by Sea. They come through some big port in Europe if I am not mistaken.
I'll provide info when I get hands on panels and can give my opinion on them. Order was placed 7/29 truck freight from CA. (I'm in Central IL)Links to vendors / panels please
From where in CA?I'll provide info when I get hands on panels and can give my opinion on them. Order was placed 7/29 truck freight from CA. (I'm in Central IL)
Hey guys
I just bought 5 310w Chinese solar panels for 110 dollars per piece here in Switzerland.
And Will talks about a 100$ for 100w.
Whats wrong im America ?
Erwin from Switzerland
What would you (all) say is it good price per hundred Watts right now?
Thanks. From where?I just bought 4x 350w panels for $500 (price includes shipping). That was the best price I could find.
That's a much better price than anything I have seen. Where can I get this deal? Thanks.I just bought 4x 350w panels for $500 (price includes shipping). That was the best price I could find.
Can you give the link to where you bought them from? I am wanting to buy higher wattage panels myself!I bought 14 410W Tier 1 Panels the other week from a solar company for $900
More than I normally pay but they were new and they were 400's so worth it to me.
For used panels my Maximum I will pay is $50 Kw and they need to be REAL good panels for that. Mostly I pay 20-$25 Kw and usualy less.
As for Chinese panels, Not a lot aren't. I have handled Hundreds now and found only 3 that were no good when tested and one of those was a German made one. Even 10 Yo Chinese panels I have never seen have any problem and most seem to have experienced Minimal degradation. I'm sure there is some real crap out there but to assume all Chinese panels are Crap would be real ignorance. Some of the best rated panels are Chinese. Let me say that I'm talking about proper house type panels, not camping or any other type which are almost gauranteed to be suspect unless bought from a known Retailer... and then somewhat questionable.
What I'm wondering is why in hell anyone would be bothered stuffing round with piddly little 100W panels for home/ fixed use?
Maybe that's why people are finding them no good? I won't even touch 190W panels now because there is no market for them. I'm even starting to wonder about doing 250's Given how many 275's and 300's are on the used market. I'm taking all the 250's and lower off my own house and selling them off while I can still get something for them and the smallest I'm replacing them with is 285's and I'm a bit in 2 minds about that as well. Might put them on the shed and just keep the house roof for for the 360s and 410's I just bought.
Buying panels online from Fleabay and the like is asking for trouble. Nothing is true to rating on those sites and 90% of the sellers are sleazy con men selling this sort of product out of china.
You can turn it to your advantage though although not so easy with panels. I have been buying a LOT of electrical things like LED lights for one.
SO many of them are given ridiculous ratings that there is no possibility they can achieve. I order them knowing they are fake,. Do an unboxing Video and test the things with Multi meters and show they don't make rating. I then claim a return on not as described goods. 9 times out of 10 they will simply refund so I get the often OK but over rated lights for nothing. Some of them are really good, they are just not what the sellers inflate the claims to be and I haven't failed yet in picking them. One day I'll buy something that IS as advertised but that seems to be furter and further away with everything I buy that's completely over rated.
Friends and I are doing well out of calling out these scammers.
I thought at first I'd run out of shonky operators to buy from but I see now that's never going to happen. Fleabay is a complete and utter cesspit of shonky sellers and I would be very careful about buying anything I wanted to be right from there. Batteries are another one, always given laughable capacity ratings as is anything most people don't know about or have the knowledge to test.
Solar panels are well known to be of fictitious rating from online sites.
There are ways of getting top quality panels cheap but it's sure as heck not buying them online!
Try craigslist in your area. Its surprisingly easy to find new panels for $.50/watt.Where can I get this deal?