How much power does it draw, in watts or amps? Thinking of trying one in a solar hunting shack.
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I know that it drained our SUV battery in about 10 minutes when it was left on after we turned the car off. I will have to look on the box.
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this would have to be one of the best 12V thing I have buy for the kitchen :) it is 8amp, 96 watts I have 4 12v car batteries and a 100 watt solar panels for that I just love it. It is small but there is just me . You can get about 2-3 ppl worth of meat and veg depending on how much you eat lol :DI I am thinking about buying another one just in case this one stops working I have had this one a while now and I would hate to be without it ,as I use it a lot I hope this is of some help to you.
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It does draw a lil current as long as you have 12v and about 3.2amps of current ur good i have it on a 5 amp fuse and it has never blown. It does use about 32 watts. now this is just what i have clamped it useing at run not fire up. Hope that helped
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I don't go by watts but my amps. I have mine on an amp meter and watch it all the time. I when it reaches about 25 amps, that is the max and that is about 25 to 30 knots of wind. To me what is important is how many amps it puts out in 8-12 knot range and it's not much, but more than most. I believe at 10 knots it puts out about 3 amps and at 15 knots about 6 amps.
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Go for it. That's the same reason that I purchased their 100 watt system for our camping in locations with no services. I, however added an A/B switch as I use two deep cell batteries in our camper so that I ca use one battery while the other one is being charged by the solar panel.
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I have no clue as to the amps, however it is 900 watts and I googled watts, volts, and amps. 7.5 amps is what I could figure out, but I have no clue if that is right or not.
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How many amps of electricity the panel will produce depends on the amount of sunshine falling on the panel. With this panel on a bright sunny day I was getting between 2.3 and 3.0 amps with a multimeter. For me it has been a great panel for camping.
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I installed mine recently, and measured the power, but not the current directly. In standby, the KillAWatt shows 0W, and powered it draws 4.7W. This includes a small wall wart PS, with the illuminator attached by a 100' siamese cable. These numbers are close to what gth posted, so I'd rely on his more precise numbers.
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I'm not an expert but I don't think this thing draws hardly any watts or amps etc. I lost my instruction booklet because half of the unit stopped working and MinnKota said it can't be fixed. I kept it to use as a trickle charger for cars, boats etc. I would think almost any generator would make this charger work. It' basically a trickle charger so it's gonna run your generator a long time to charge a battery a battery. You might want a more powerful charger depending on your use to shorten the generator run time..
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960 watts divided by 120 volts = 8 amps. Wouldn't push it to the max, though, and make sure it gets warm and not overly hot.
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I need more information than you are supplying to help. In short 40 amp is about 400 watts give or take. I use this controller and have had very good results, however I chose to change my legacy system to 24 volt rather than stay 12 as it provides several advantages. By reducing the number of batteries in series it allows for a better electron flow assisting in keeping the batteries balanced. My Solar array consists of 3 250 watt 30 volt black panels I got from Amazon, they are in series feeding this controller. I have 8 390AH flooded 6 volt batteries, they are configured 4 in series with two banks of 24 volts in parallel. This configuration allows for a more even charge all my batteries are now testing at full charge. When I bought this place the previous owner had 6 batteries in a 12 volt configuration and I found that only 2 to four of the 6 were getting fully charged. The batteries at the negative end were absorbing properly but the farther down the battery array the batteries never fully charged. It also increased the amperage so I have now have more available power. I also have a 850 watt wind generator tied in parallel to my solar array running to this charge controller. Since I went to this configuration I have not run out of power once, making my bride happier. I can now run my welder and other power tools life is good. If you feel you truly need to add a second controller you simply parallel the output of the controllers together. Hope this helps.
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Inverter choosing is not only a money matter, it's also about consumption, and potential growth. You 95 watts solar X 5hr, is what we use on an average day harvest. Might run one tv for five or six hours. You loosing the solar charging war. your banking 2760 watts 1380 @ 50 percent harvesting 475 watt and when in full rv use you'll use a lot more than you harvest. Why not just but a couple cigarette lighter 150w or 300w inverters?
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I hope you haven't bought this piece of junk. It doesn't matter how many watts it is. See my review (JG) from 12/31/12. I sent mine back.
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If your camp is large or small you will need to know how many amp hours that it requires to fulfill it's needs. I currently utilize two slr125's to power my small homestead. I can run this energystar notebook computer all night long. I can also run a couple of 12 volt dc lights all night at the same time. If you require much more than that I recommend doing some research into how much power you need and how much you are willing to spend. Watts equal amps times volts. If you are wanting to run AC appliances you will need an inverter. my laptop-60 watts 2 light bulbs-30 watts 90 watts divided by 12 volts equals 7.5 amps. To run my computer and two lights for a ten hour night it takes seventy five amp hours. Also take into consideration that deep cycle, lead acid, AGM batteries are very sensitive to cold weather and should never be exposed to freezing temperatures unless fully charged. As a rule of thumb always double what you need. Those winter months can be long. Have fun camping!
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*15 amps/1800 watts maximum draw, do the math dormer. Add up all your lighting or whatever!
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For those needing this also... 2.4 amps on a 12 volt battery is about 30 watts which is pretty efficient for this size of unit. Hope that helps.
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This IS an off-grid system. I have never been on-grid at my present location. I run 24/7 with 4 of these kits (8 panels), feeding a set of 4 panels through the included 30-amp charger to recharge 3 large deep-cycle batteries each set (6 batteries altogether). The batteries feed an 800-watt Cobra inverter (also from Amazon) to provide all the power I need. For high-drawing electrical shop tools, I use a 3500-watt LPG generator. See my video series at my website, DroidPals dot com.
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It is rated at 290 watts. (But I don't sell adapters or really anything.) You can, however, check here for voltake/watts converters...