Can you connect to solar while using ? 60 watts probably is really small for this device but can I have the 2 solar panels connected while in use or would I have to add more solar to it to make this device work that way?
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According to the website and the various questions on there. You can charge and use the YETI at the same time. Of course though if your input is less than your output then you are in fact going to drain your battery. The maximum that the company recommends charging the YETI with is 8 boulder 30s for a total of 240 watts. Hope this helps.
109319
No I'm pretty sure you can connect the solar panel street into the controller box. I bought a separate solar panel and A mighty Mule open and that's how it hooked up
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If your talking about feeding the negative line into the positive of another panel, wear your taking the 15 watts and dubbing it to 30 and so on. No I have never tried it, so I cant say if it can be done. I use it to charge batteries and then use the power inverters. The solar cell will charge batteries more effectively with low watts (trickle charging) Most batteries have memory, so the faster you charge it, the fast it will discharge, The slower you charge it the slower it will discharge. But if your taking about setting up a couple of cells to one battery, you can if you buy a different regulator, you can get one where you can add several solar cells and a wind generator to one battery. If your talking about feeding the negative line into the positive of another panel, wear your taking the 15 watts and dubbing it to 30 and so on. No I have never tried it, so I cant say if it can be done. I use it to charge batteries and then use the power inverters. The solar cell will charge batteries more effectively with low watts (trickle charging) Most batteries have memory, so the faster you charge it, the fast it will discharge, The slower you charge it the slower it will discharge. But if your taking about setting up a couple of cells to one battery, you can if you buy a... » Read More If your talking about feeding the negative line into the positive of another panel, wear your taking the 15 watts and dubbing it to 30 and so on. No I have never tried it, so I cant say if it can be done. I use it to charge batteries and then use the power inverters. The solar cell will charge batteries more effectively with low watts (trickle charging) Most batteries have memory, so the faster you charge it, the fast it will discharge, The slower you charge it the slower it will discharge. But if your taking about setting up a couple of cells to one battery, you can if you buy a different regulator, you can get one where you can add several solar cells and a wind generator to one battery. « Show Less
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One connector goes to the solar panel, one to a battery and the other is for direct connector to another device. So unless you had a splitter from the dedicated battery lead, only one battery can be connected.
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I've heard that the controller that comes in this kit only handles a max of 60 watts. The excess is bled off. But if you get two kits and connect the two panels together, you could attach a higher wattage controller to the system. Then just use your two kit controllers as portable power sources that can be hooked up to any auto battery.
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You can hook up a 30 watt solar panel directly without a solar controller. I posted a picture of my set up in the customer images section. If you had a regular 30 watt solar panel instead of the Goal zero like mine you could skip one of the wiring components.
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Just because the panels are 100 w each dosen'T mean you will receive 100w all the time. 100w is the best you are going to get at top conditions. perfect alinment, perfect sky, alinement faceing sun all the day, so don't expect 100w all the time. There could be a haze between you and the sun,Wire size, conectors , if you are using it to charge batteries, Every thing can efect your wattage.
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Hello,If you are charging 12v nominal battery bank you can input up to 400 watts of solar power.If you are charging 24v nominal battery bank you can input up to 800 watts of solar power.The wiring configuration of the 800 watt panel setup must be done so that you do not parallel all of them or not series all of them or else the panels will either go out of the 100 VDC or the 40A rating.The 800 watt setup must be wiring in series/parallel.Please let us now if you have any further questions.Regards,AW
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Yes and no. The better question is how the solar will be getting set up. If you use your panel to charge a battery and use the battery itself to power the light, then you will be golden, the panels will absorb what they need during day so when it gets dark the light can keep going off of the battery reserve. If you wanted to hook the light directly up to the panels THEN you would need the full 250watts, and it would only work in direct sunlight, you see? the goal is not to have enough power strictly from solar panels, but to have enough to charge a battery with the panels and use the battery with an inverter to power intended devices. Long answer short, buy a cheap deep cycle battery to hook an inverter up to, and hook your light up to said inverter, with this set up your light should work just fine. Hope that helps virtual pal.
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Use a 45 watt panel connected to battery with controller. Would not recommend direct connect (solar to pump) unless very small panel. Try a 5 watt and see. This still might be too much electricity.
2079126
That's a good question. I THINK it works by either charging the connected device from its battery, or by charging the battery. There's an on/off switch that powers the USB connection. So that's a way to differentiate this from a true solar charger. With this you can charge and store, with a solar charger you have to leave the device connected to the solar charger and in the sun to charge.I could be wrong about that. I may ahve to test that the next sunny day.
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I think you panels are a little too powerful for this converter, it's only 240 Watt. It's a great little item for running devices directly from Solar Panels, I was using it yesterday. I connected it to a Renogy 50 Watt bendable panel then the output to a 100 Watt "cigarette lighter" style inverter. Then I plugged my 45 Watt base guitar amplifier into it and boomed out the neighborhood with a tuneful little melody! The trick is getting the 20 Volt Solar Panel output down to 12 Volts for an inverter, but be careful you don't overpower it!
1771957
No I would use both solar panels Parallel to each other and use only one controller. Make no sense to use two separate controllers. Un less the panels produce more then 30A each.
1093047
Yes you can use another solar charger. I charge mine with the anker 14W dual USB port solar charger. And I have both energizer brand and the goal zero AA that came with it. They both work great.
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yes all solar panels can be connected to more u just have to get a higher amperage controller...always connect in parallel series will double the voltage while parallel will double the amperage
34321
Theoretically yes.. however you may have to find a way to disconnect solar panel when light is in use and charge battery with light disconnected. If both are hooked up in parallel with battery, it's basically a direct line from panel to light which could cause complications.
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Yes you can however you will need a controller capable of handling both panels. Most small inexpensive charge controllers handle 7 amps or less. Two 60 watt panels will produce more than 7 amps on a sunny day.