12 Volt Solar System 4 55 Watt Panels = 220 Watts 1 600 Watt Pure Sine Inverter 1 Well See WS-C2425 Charge Controller 1 Baby Blue Breaker Box for Disconnects 1 12 Volt Fast n Furious 12" Neon Light 1 Basic Home Depot Fixture 1 12 Volt CFL 1 Standard AC Wall Switch Used To Power 29" LCD Flat Screen, Laptop Computer and Lights. 1 45 Watt Harbor Freight System Used For Charging Kids MP3 Players and Cell Phones.
Sep 20
This video shows how I used the 45 watt solar panel kits from Harbor Freight and also their single 15 watt solar panels to create a array of 28 panel delivering 420 watts. During the summer and fall in Texas I can count on a solid 8-9 hours of good sunlight so solar power makes sense to augment my wind turbines. Solar panels are easier to install and require less upfront work than wind turbines. In this video I show you the hardware you need and how to assemble and wire the solar panels for quick production.
Jul 22
Here are the last 14 panels installed for a total of 28 panels and 420w of solar going to the batteries. I wired the panels in strings of four panels in series, each panel is rated at 20v open circuit voltage so that is a total for 80v per string. Since I have 28 panels that is a total of seven strings in parallel. The Outback charge controller then converts it to 12v and charges the batteries with 95% efficiency which is pretty awesome. I still have room to add another 26 panels to this charge controller for a total of 800 watts.
