Malcom, You'll find a much better selection at companies that specialize in solar or alternative power... I'm sure you can find many on the web... prolly even some in Canada. I got mine from these guys: http://www.sierrasolar.com/gd/alternative-energy-sources/indxi4a.htm I think mine is the Kyocera G51. And I used the Sunsaver 6 controller between the solar panel and the battery. These guys are also great: http://www.solarelectric.com/welcome.htm The two main criteria I used to choose were: 1. Physical Size of the solar panel.... I wanted something that would stand on edge behind my rear seat so it would not take up much room. (My set up is portable... on the end of an extension cord.) 2. I wanted a minimum of about 3 amps out put. Good Luck, Bill
----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.Ca> To: "Bill Davidson" <wdavidson@thegrid.net> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 8:53 AM Subject: Re: vanagon solar
> Thanks, the CDN Tire one puts out only 1 amp hr. do you have a brand > name and URL for the solar panel that you have?? Thanks, Malcolm > > Bill wrote: > > > My solar panel put out 3 amps per hour.... you can figure on about 20 amp > > hours for a good summer day in Utah... that's about 6 hours of lap top > > time.... works out good for me. Bill > > > > > > > > > > > Adam Puzerewski > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.Ca> > > > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 3:35 PM > > > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] vanagon solar > > > > > > > > > > I'm going to post the separately, but the Solar Panels at Canadian Tire > > > are > > > > on sale, the BIG one: 15 watts, 1 amp hour is CDN$150.00. I'm buying > > one > > > > for my trip to Egypt. Malcolm > > > > > > > > roch wrote: > > > > > > > > > Instead of a second battery, has anyone tried any solar panels? > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > |
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