SUNFORCE 50044 60-WATT SOLAR CHARGING KIT
When camping you may bring your battery, when you are in the middle of the forest and then your battery runs out of electricity?
if you ever think to bring a battery charger? you may think you will rent a room in the lodging only to recharge your batteries?
you’re camping? you are not in the middle of the city.
Manufacturer: Sunforce
The Sunforce 50044 60 Watt Solar Charging Kit gives you another reason to love the sun -- it'll help keep your batteries charged. This kit is excellent for cabins, remote power, back-up power, and 12-volt battery charging. The kit includes a PVC mounting frame, 7 Amp charge controller, 175-watt inverter, and wiring/connection cables. And with the built-in blocking diode technology, this charger kit is designed to protect against battery discharge at night. You can also use this kit to maintain the charge on any 12-volt battery for clean, silent operation of various electronics, such as deer feeders and landscaping pumps. The 50044 features a built-in ultra-bright blue LED charging indicator, and is a great choice for automobiles, recreational vehicles (RV), tractors, all terrain vehicles (ATV), boats, electric fences, telemetry and more, and it is even effective on cloudy days. This battery charger kit is made of durable ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells and has a maximum temperature range of -40 to 176-degrees Fahrenheit.
Lowest Used Price: USD 303.51
Lowest New Price: USD 299.99
- Solar charging kit is designed for RVs, homes, boats, back-up and remote power use, and more
- Built-in ultra-bright blue LED charging indicator
- Made of durable ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells
- Includes PVC mounting frame, 7 Amp charge controller, 175-watt inverter, and wiring/connection cables
- Maximum temperature range of -40 to 176-degrees Fahrenheit
Model: 50044
Release Date: 2005-11-25
Good starter
I knew when I purchased this item that I wouldn't be able to power much of anything off the sun. Not a low power fan or even a 13 inch tv. That takes a battery and the inverter. Will do the job with 12 volt items like a tire inflator though. Now I want a couple 200 watt panels. Not a bad starter introductory purchase.
60Watt Sunforce Solar Kit
Excellent solar kit - solar very easy to setup and use - works flawlessly. One star deducted because the PVC mounting frame assembly is cumbersome. Too many bolts and wing nuts - takes about 45 minutes to one hour to assemble. I bought it for it's portability and the mounting frame assembly is too time consuming. I've overcome that by using cable ties in lieu of the wing nuts and bolts. But Sunforce needs to devise an easier frame assembly. Excellent solar kit regardless!
Chugging power
This system comes with its own charge controller and inverter, so don't buy another one. Was surprised by the sturdy support system; good-quality wing nuts instead of screws were a pleasant surprise. Panels are a bit touchy about being installed, but once you'd got them in place, just plug 'em in, and you're good to go. Power output depends on available light, of course, but you can run your laptop. If you run out of battery power, you can get up and charge the laptop and do something else; you're supposed to take breaks from the 'puter anyway, remember? Get a big battery or two with this and put power aside for when you need it. (Been watching for a couple years for the price to come down on this one; when it did, and Amazon included free shipping, made the purchase; glad I did). Suggestion; the only thing that would make this better would be wheels to allow the array to be maneuvered toward the sun.
Solar Charger
Great product, you can not beat this price, comes with 7 amp charge controller and 200 watt power inverter. I have it mounted on the top of a Motorhome just to keep the batteries topped off, keeps me from having to run my generator except to run my coffe maker and microwave.
Solar powered RV
To date I have purchased 10 15-watt panels over the last two years. This year I set up a panel in my back yard for testing to see what I could expect from the panel. The panel was mounted in the horizontal position to simulate being mounted on top of my trailer. The test panel was connected to my 125 amp-hour 12 volt deep cycle battery through a Sunsei charge controller. The battery was discharged about 40% prior to starting the test. My test results showed the test panel put 5 amp-hours back into the battery during a cloudless sunny day. Maximum panel output at midday was just over 700ma. My intent in testing the panel was to see if I could use solar power to keep my 12 battery on my trailer fully charged. I installed 6 panels on top of my trailer and they are producing 4.2 to 4.3 amps at midday in early June for a total of 30 amp-hours on a clear sunny day. The battery use in the trailer during weekends is approximately 40 to 45 amp-hours. There is very little use during the week (approximately 5 amp-hours per day for the LP detector and refrigerator gas valve) so the solar system is able to fully recharge the battery for the next weekend. The trailer is located at 7000 ft elevation in the mountains and has been running in this mode for 4 weeks with no system degradation.
