My husband wants to use a solar charger for the deep cycle batteries he will use. Is this the right system for him? Also is the system conplete? thank
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Sure it will charge his batteries. The question is what is he doing with them? The panel put out 100 watts at peak power or about 5 amps. as far as complete I purchased the Z brackets and went to Lowes and picked up some wire to connect everything (wire can also be found on Amazon).
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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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Yes this will charge the batteries....The system is complete....What you will need to a roll of 12 gauge wiring and some wire nuts
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This system works for me for exactly that purpose. I run all the lighting for my wife's horse arena off two deep cycle batteries. This panel is able to recharge the batteries in a single summer day from about 50% depletion. The renology controller limits the voltage to the batteries once they are charged to prevent damage from overcharging. You don't need any other components. Just wire the battery and the panel to the controller and you're good to go.
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The battery is just a normal nimh type battery so that is the issue.Take the solar part out of the equation and treat it like its just another charger.
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Well yea, use a battery charger , or a deep cycle charger with a max of 35 amp .Most deep cycle batteries use a slow charge rate anyway which is a lower amp charger.Just keep the amp below 30 to 35 amp @ 12 volt. This is not a 24 or more system charger.
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If the battery already has a charge it would be like using it white plugged into the wall... Just not as good. The solar charger is more like a trickle charge. It will keep the battery charged longer than if it wasn't charging it. Thus is assuming your battery can drain and charge at the same time
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I had the same concerns about potentially overcharging the battery. Even though this model charges at a very low rate, nevertheless, Schmacher recommends also purchasing their "Solar Charge Controller" #SPC-7A. When time allows, I may give Schmacher a call and quiz their techs on whether or not a controller is really necessary on this lower output solar unit.
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Based on my experience, I think you would need two units. And you would need a maximum power point type of solar battery charger as well. I use two units in parallel to feed a maximum power point type of grid tie inverter and the maximum power that I get, when the sunlight is optimal, is 150 watts. And that is usually less because the sunlight is not always optimal.
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Sorry, I have not used this yet, so cannot discuss it. However, the Amazon 10W system below has worked well for many months. Just remember to balance your load with the wattage of the system: MicroSolar - 10W Solar Panel Charging Kit for 12v Battery /// Plug & Play /// Solar Charge Contoller Included - Braket Included - 18 Feet Waterproof Wire - Optional 16.4 Feet Extension Wire - Cigarette Plug with Fuse - Alligator Clips with Fuse ----- Car & Boat Battery Maintainer
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You need to fully charged your Deep Cycle Battery. Connect your HQRP 30W Flexible Solar Panel and face it towards the sun where you have approx 8 to 10 hrs of sunlight daily . Also I have a Sunright 7 amp Solar Charge Controller for double protection of overcharging. I use it for my Battery Portable Solar Generator, and My RV's House Batteries (trickle charging)
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The charge control can handle up to 7A. Your 30 watt panel puts out ~1.68A at high noon. You should be fine with one charge controller charging two or more batteries and it would require more charge time. Just make sure you hook up your batteries correctly. Personally and for convenience I would much prefer to get two charge controller with two solar panels for the two batteries so that I could avoid having to move and or reconnect the batteries. A larger solar panel can would benefit you quite a bit if you need to drawn power from the battery each night. Hope you are using deep cycle batteries.
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A better choice for solar charging will be a deep cycle marine battery. As far as "memory" effect, it is not like nickle-cadmium batteries. Lead-acid batteries like to be stored in a charged condition, not uncharged. Hope this helps.
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i use it with two deepcycle batteries, i have a solar cell 68w connected to the batteries, it runs all the time with this setup in my camper
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A couple things. Your solar panels will not be able to keep with your battery's discharge if the discharge rate is higher than the charge rate. It might be able to slow it down but it won't keep up. This can be calculated (roughly) by the combined amp hours of your batteries, volts, and wattage of your system. Makes sense, right? Second, if your circuit is serial, your charge should be serial, too. You'd run the solar panels in series just like your batteries. The key here is a controller. Be sure you get a solar controller that is powerful enough to manage your system. This is an essential component and cannot be ignored. A couple things. Your solar panels will not be able to keep with your battery's discharge if the discharge rate is higher than the charge rate. It might be able to slow it down but it won't keep up. This can be calculated (roughly) by the combined amp hours of your batteries, volts, and wattage of your system. Makes sense, right? Second, if your circuit is serial, your charge should be serial, too. You'd run the solar panels in series just like your batteries. The key here is a controller. Be sure you get a solar controller that is powerful enough to manage your system. This is an essential... » Read More A couple things. Your solar panels will not be able to keep with your battery's discharge if the discharge rate is higher than the charge rate. It might be able to slow it down but it won't keep up. This can be calculated (roughly) by the combined amp hours of your batteries, volts, and wattage of your system. Makes sense, right? Second, if your circuit is serial, your charge should be serial, too. You'd run the solar panels in series just like your batteries. The key here is a controller. Be sure you get a solar controller that is powerful enough to manage your system. This is an essential component and cannot be ignored. « Show Less
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Yes this charger works fine for deep cycle marine batteries. I charge my deep cycles all the time with this charger.
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if you bought the renogy solar panel bundle, you have everything you need to charge your batteries. the inverter you use will depend on how much power you would like to use at one time. to give you an example of how much to expect from solar panles and batteries. i have six solar panels and 8 -35 amp deep cell battiers. hooked up to a 3600 watt. inverter. at night i can run my tv, computer, vcr, printer, and a fan for 5hrs. and still have 12 volts or more in my batteries. by noon the next day all the batteries are back to 13 volts. if i run a big electric space heater the batteries are used up in about a half hr. so as you can see it depends on how much sun you get and what you are going to power. hope this helps.
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Yes! It won't be overcharge on my home energy at 24hr 7d week all year round. It will be safe to charge with solar panel. It only charge on day time and night time none. As long it's a twelve volt charger to charge these batteries.
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Hello. It depends on your electrical requirements and on the other components of the solar system you want to assemble. You need to do some research: How many appliances do you want to run, and how much power do they draw? What type and how many batteries are you going to use? What type of charge controller? What type of inverter? What type of cables? These are all things that matter in designing a solar system.
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If you plan to use this with an inverter attached to the solar charge controller, the amount of current being drawn from the battery is dependent on the solar charger and the inverter. the solar charge cotroller i use does not allow for more than 20 to 25 amps (300 ac watts). If you run the inverter directly off of the battery, you can use larger wattage inverters. The simplest way to use these panels is to hook them to the solar charge controller and hook the batteries up to the charge controller. Then hook the inverter of your choice up to the batteries. I use a 2000w samlex sine wave inverter. This covers refrigeration and recharging sensitive products. If you plan on running these to your electrical panel, you need an electrician to figure that out. I used these panels for my solar generator project. They worked great. The 2 panels combined give you about 10 DC amps of continuous power (about 120 watts of continous power). Without getting technical, It would take about 8-10 hours to charge a 100 amp hr deep cycle battery. How long that battery lasts depends on how much power you draw. Definitely can't run central Air conditioner with 120V. You can run a fan, lights, refrigeration. Your limitation will be the alternate current 120V inverter and the max continous wattage.