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kscherer
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
 
2021-09-13, 10:46

I have a thing at the house tied to my storage shed electrical. It's just a 12V RV battery connected to a 200W inverter and a 7W solar panel to trickle charge it. It runs 2 12V light bulbs and the inverter, which I use to charge Ryobi 18V batteries. I threw away the packaging when I installed the panel, so I have no idea the manufacturer, but I can say it's just a generic panel that came with a pair of alligator clips that got snipped and connected to a little Renogy solar charge controller.

You should be OK with just about whatever, even the cheap Amazon stuff. After all, it's just a solar panel. The trouble is less to do with that than it has to do with controlling overcharge, which is what the charge controller does. The controller just prevents the battery from getting overcharged and maintains a consistent voltage.

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