Recent content by David1985

Yeah I was naive back then and now much more informed on what makes a good panel! I tried to return the Dokio but they refunded me and I kept it. Now it puts out even less ?, complete junk. I spent more on two Itehil 100w foldables and they both put out 90+ in good conditions so I'm happy to...

Hi there, I appreciate the concern but after 500 miles of mostly highway, it has not moved whatsoever. There is about 150lbs of force holding it down which far exceeds any upward pressure that could take place. These are not your average magnets. Given the way the panel is formed to the roof and...

Hi all, I just wanted to show off a bit my solution for getting a 120w flexible panel to the roof of my Kia Niro. It was tough to find a panel with the correct dimensions but I found one on eBay. It'll do about 95w in ideal conditions but I average about 80w which is fine to run my fridge when...

Thank you everyone for the help. The Dokio people are being less than willing to take my panel back. They are like... look at the open circuit wattage, it's 120w! And then told me it is normal for a 110w rated panel to put out less than 50% of its rated output when under load. They offered me a...

On a fundamental level, what causes the the measured Vmpp 18v, Impp 6.1A to drop to less than 13v and 3.5A when under load charging the Bluetti? Does a higher cell count panel prevent such a drop? Is the MPPT dragging it down to maximize current?

Portability and weight were my main determining factors so I'm either going to have to spend more for the Bluetti 120w foldable which performs at full capacity, or use the smallest 100w solid panel I can find - something like this Newpowa. Waiting to hear back from the Dokio people now to see if...

Yeah it came with a low end PWM, but I'm not using it in this case since the Bluetti has one built in. If I had an extra battery laying around I would try charging that with the controller and see how it compares.

So what would you consider an acceptable output from these panels to be under good conditions with the 24 cell or 36 cell versions? The 45w I'm getting on the 24 still seems pretty terrible no matter what. I'm thinking about just getting my money back at this point.

I did some digging and it seems like they may have sent me a panel other than the 110w. In this link here from Wish.com, the image for the 110w has 36 cells. At least the first image anyways. Mine definitely has 24 so time to bring that up with them.

Good to know. Seems like mine is under performing quite a bit from yours then. I'm angling mine at the sun and still getting under 4 amps. Time to do the whole eBay return talk. Fun.

Hi everyone, I have an AC50s which has 14-40v mppt controller in it and I've hooked up a Dokio 110w panel to it. The problem is the most I've ever seen going into the battery is 48w. The following readings were taken on a clear sunny day afternoon in Florida. Cold VOC: 21.8 Cold Amp: 5.9 Hot...