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    Imagining the right panel, controller and battery set-up.

    If I could have my way I would charge a 12 V, 100 Amp hour life po4 battery off of a solar panel at about .4c. In this case that would be 40 Amps. So I'm picturing a 100 Watt panel in strong sunshine. The panel is outputting 100 Watts. So 100 Watts divided by 12 Volts would seem to...
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    Panels which seem a bit too inexpensive..

    Considering portable solar panels, my rough estimate has been about $100 for a 100 Watt panel. But I'm looking at some panel kits on Amazon at the moment and the price per Watt seems awfully low. I would link to an example right here and now. But I'm unsure of forum rules on such stuff. I'm...
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    Hello from the Chicago-St Louis neighborhood

    I have now built two battery/inverter systems of 2000 Watts each. I'll start buying solar panels next. The purpose of the two power stations is mostly kitchen appliances. Of course they'll also power lights in case of power failure on the grid. That's one of the big reasons I've built them...
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