This product is being used on our fishing boat in the St. Lawrence river. We damaged our last panel and needed a replacement for our batteries. While the old unit was rated at 5 watts this new one has a rating of 8 watts which we needed as we are now keeping 2 batteries charged with the same panel. After 3 weeks of storms and weather the batteries had full voltage and charge despite running a bilge pump to keep the boat dry, (the boat does not have a weather cover). We are so pleased with this solar panel that we are going to be purshasing another one for the boat to keep battery number 3 charged. The small size made it easy to mount on the radar arch and most people don't know it's there. The only improvement I can see for this unit is a more streamlined frame to mount the panel in, but that is just cosmetic.
Thanks for a great product at an attractive price, David J.This is a nice 6W solar panel, works great chargeing a small 8ah and 5ah sla battery. But you want to use a charge controller because it will over charge small batteries, or watch your voltage very close and you millamps so you can unhook it when the battery gets charged, I made my own controller. Being a Amateur radio operator it seems to keep my battery up while I operate my radio at QRP power. Will probably get another one soon. It even works good on a partly cloudly day, powered a small water pump.reasonalbly good price for a small solar panel. works well. connected to
a small regulator for trickle charging my car battery.good product...aluminium frame..wires were connected backwards...cheap plastic wire housing but w/e...good qualiity glass top the wire off the back is 12''Needs good direct sun to put out decent wattage. Even covering 20% of the cell creates a serious drawdown of power. But if you have a good sunny location, this is a great low watt cell for your project. Mine is going to be running 2 12v case fans for a solar powered heater.
HQRP 6W Mono-crystalline Solar Panel 6 Watt w/ Solid Aluminium Frame (Size of 5 Watt / 5W) 12 Volt 5
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