Neal@F14
Well Known Member
Thinking about buying this 12v, 15W solar panel (on sale $60) and regulator ($26) from Harbor Freight to make my own solar battery charge maintainer rig for camping at Oshkosh, since I might need to charge my phone from the ship's battery via the cigarette lighter socket (wired to battery bus) and was thinking that such a solar charger might help keep the battery up, even if it can only muster one amp at best. The regulator claims overcharge protection at 14.5 volts so that should keep the sealed AGM Concorde battery happy since the raw output of the solar cell can top well over 20 volts.
http://www.harborfreight.com/15-watt-12-volt-solar-panel-96418.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/7-amp-solar-charge-regulator-96728.html
Anybody ever try these solar products from HF? Yeah, I know that pretty much everything they sell is generally "not regarded very highly" but I'd like to keep this project under a $100 budget.
http://www.harborfreight.com/15-watt-12-volt-solar-panel-96418.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/7-amp-solar-charge-regulator-96728.html
Anybody ever try these solar products from HF? Yeah, I know that pretty much everything they sell is generally "not regarded very highly" but I'd like to keep this project under a $100 budget.