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60 Watt Do It Yourself Solar Power Kit
Product Description
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A perfect solar energy kit for those looking to get started in solar electricity with an easy to build do-it-yourself kit. Perfect for powering a small cabin system, back-up emergency power, boat, or RV. This system has one standard 110V plug, just like the ones you have at home.
Includes:
- 60 Watt Framed Solar Panel with 25 year limited warranty Dimensions: 27" x 30" x 1.4"/690 x 748 x 35 mm
- ProStar 15M Charge Controller with LCD meter
- 80 amp-hour SLA sealed battery
- 15' Weather-resistent MC cables
- 300 Watt Modified Sine Wave DC to AC Inverter
- 12V DC clamp light with 11W CFL Bulb
- 12V female lighter socket with fuse
- Misc. wiring with complete intructions
What amount of power can be produced with this system?
60 watt solar panel = 3.58 amps of solar energy per hour of direct sun.
3.58 X 5 hours of direct sun = about 17 amp-hrs per day
17 AH X 7 days/ week = 119 amp-hours per week. 119 X 12V = about 1400 watt-hours of energy in one week. If you have more sun (in summer) then you have more power, if you have less sun (in winter), then you have less power.
At about 11 watts per hour of use, you can power the included 12V CFL bulb for many hours.
A few examples of power usage of some devices:
Laptop computers: 40-90 watts per hour of use.
19" TV: 95 watts
17" monitor: 120 watts
17" LCD monitor: 40 watts
Box fans: up to 100 watts
Radio: 20-75 watts
The top-of-the-line ProStar 15M charge controller gives you accurate information such as your battery voltage and state of charge, solar amps coming in and more. At 15 amps max. current, you can easily add more panels to your system.
Use the included 12V DC female socket to charge cellphones, camera batteries, AA/AAA batteries and to plug-in your DC clamp light. The 300 Watt modified sine wave inverter will power many 120V AC loads up to 300 watts.
Optional Kill-a-Watt meter lets you know how much power all your devices use. Add a second solar panel for a total of 120 watts of solar. Includes connectors to connect two panels together in parallel. Optional 25 foot solar output MC cables.
Experiment, have fun with this great solar kit!
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Product Reviews
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Working fine, with a little elbow grease
Posted by Troy Hutson, TX on 10th Nov 2009
I'm glad I got this system, but it took me a little while to get the panel set right. I had it facing East at first and it didn't do enough to fill the battery. I found a place with some more sun, where it could face south, and then mounted it and it works great. I had to add some wite but it wasn't that hard. Make sure you shut off the inverter when you're not using itor it will run down the battery. There is a little fan on it that runs no matter what if the inverter is on. I'll probably get another one for my cabin next spring. I like it!
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Nice system, light is a bonus
Posted by Lyle Jordan in Mississippi on 22nd Oct 2009
Using this to power a little radio, a light (which was included), and a little plugin cooler for our fishing shack down at the river. The solar power kit worked right away when we put the panel up. There is no mounting included so you need to rig something up so the panel doesn't blow away or fall over. I think this site has mounts too if you need something.
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