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DoctorDugong21 /r/onewheel
1 point
1970-01-19 19:58:23.549 +0000 UTC

I would have to onewheel to my parents house 3 miles away to charge the battery

Keep in mind if it's cloudy (like in many weather situations where you lose power for a week) you will get very little if any charge.

This panel / charge controller is what I have to charge my personal deep cycle 12V battery. Car batteries are just not appropriate for this application, they are designed to put out a lot of juice quickly to get the car started, then immediately after that start getting charged by the alternator.

So that panel can do 500Wh in a DAY of ideal conditions. If you want to pop over to your parents, plug in for 2 hours (and those hours happen to be 12-2pm and it's very sunny) you'd need 4 panels to fully charge the battery banks you linked.

I'd consider getting a Carve Power and just keeping a bunch of those Ryobi-equivalent batteries on hand and charged. That's 9 miles per battery. That way you get several days of Onewheel charges, AND you have a sweet ride extending battery setup to take long rides when there is no power outage. And for $70 Ryobi makes an AC adaptor for those batteries, so if you did lose poewr you could charge your phone and computer off them too. However, a quick google makes it seem like charging those directly off solar is quite difficult - you'd be back to needing another battery that has an inverter. But basically I'm arguing to ditch the solar and go with this setup could keep you riding, computing, and running a couple LED bulb lights for the majority power outage situations, which are less than a week in most places. And has the bonus of being something you can use to extend your rides in general. And if you and your parents live in a spot where it's likely you'd both be out of power for more than a week, shouldn't they have a gas generator?

cosmicosmo4 /r/solar
1 point
1970-01-20 00:28:37.315 +0000 UTC

100 Wh per day? That's not much heat lamp whatsoever. You sure that's your requirement?

If so, the generator you linked is dramatically overpowered. You should get a kit like this and a battery more like this. Then replace your fan and bulbs with 12v ones if necessary.

To answer your actual question, any "12V 100 watt" solar panel will be compatible with the generator you linked. You may have to put a connector on it yourself or buy an adapter to an 8mm barrel plug, like this one.

cenobyte40k /r/OffGrid
1 point
1970-01-17 11:17:51.316 +0000 UTC

sure most charge controllers have dual outputs. One you can use for direct feed and/or set on a timer and one that goes to charging the batteries. That's exactly what I am doing with this kit (Which might be the kit you got). There are three sets of connectors on the control, one for the panels, one for the batteries and one for power out. You can use that power out in a bunch of ways but I use it to just pull power when the sun is up, but you can also have it as the thru for power from you batteries.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BFCNFRM/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

secessus /r/vandwellers
2 points
1970-01-19 14:19:34.948 +0000 UTC

Not posting a link though at risk for looking like being a solicitor

You can post a link that contains no referral info; here it is

PSA: mono panels on pwm controllers aren't a great fit due to their higher voltage (and therefore lower current) , and I really wish Renogy would quit selling the kit that way. It would make ~6% more power with their (cheaper) poly panels.

I also don't like the Wanderer series of controllers since the lead Absorption duration is hard-coded at 120mins (way too short). This may work for people who lightly cycle their banks to 20% DoD or something {or who run lithium}.