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Regular Car Battery connected to a 45 watt Harbor Freight solar panel setup

Started this discussion. Last reply by Rick Westerfield Nov 11, 2012. 7 Replies

I wanted to ask a very basic question and hopefully shed some LIGHT on a dull subject. If I was to use my 45 watt Harbor Freight setup to float a standard battery. (Car battery, not a deep cycle…Continue

Its time to pull out the battery charger and juice it up!

Started this discussion. Last reply by Dale Marshall Feb 1, 2012. 3 Replies

I was just thinking about the ball of fire (SUN) in the lower part of the sky and  it might be a good idea to charge up my battery bank. When was the last time you did this?  A little…Continue

Does anyone keep their inverter running all the time?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jim Nov 3, 2011. 5 Replies

I was just wondering if anyone ever keeps their inverter running all the time.  When I first started working with solar and HF kits this was the biggest bummer for me..  I was under the impression…Continue

Tags: sustaining, solar, systems, bank, battery

To Connect or not to Connect is the Question...

Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill K May 30, 2011. 8 Replies

I have a general question.Here is the setup: 1 - 12 Volt 1  Harbor Freight Charger1  InverterUsing one set of…Continue

Tags: inverter, Freight, Harbor, controller, charge

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"Thank you for this thread! I was using a nail gun that shook the shed violently.  I had two of the 5watt lights on and it blew.  I thought maybe the vibration from the nail gun caused the fuse to blow.  Well, I took a fuse from…"
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"Added a female cigarette lighter adapter to a sunforce 12v 15w single panel. they only provided a male which means I would have had to cut my wires....  now I can still use my inverter for other projects if need be."
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"Used all the parts from a broken telescope tripod to mount the panel. "
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"My son picked up a 12v 15w single sunforce solar panel kit for me over the holidays. I couldn't stand seeing it in a box anymore. I had to do something!!!  since the weather has been so nice in Watsonville Ca.  Using an old Tripod…"
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Tom95076 replied to Malcolm J. Chisholm, Jr.'s discussion Viability of Rotating Panels East West
"Ok, I like the idea that the sun travels from East to West each day.  If you put a smaller solar cell mounted on the western side or left side of your panels (if your facing the panels) and place a shield between the on coming sun light and the…"
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Tom95076 replied to Robert DeMartino's discussion First set of panels up and running;
"I'm still using my dog's house till this day.   You better put some weights on the base otherwise it's going to fall over!"
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Tom95076 replied to Renewable Ray's discussion Latest Portable Solar Generator
"I can see you guys have put a lot of work into this box. If you don't mind I would like to suggest that you put some plastic screening on any of your vents.  This will reduce the amount of insects and such from making a home inside.…"
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Harbor freight 45w solar panel kit DIY mod.

Basic overview of a 12v switch circuit I put together. Of course you can buy stuff like this online, I decided to think of what i needed for our turtle pond ...
Nov 25, 2012
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Rick Westerfield replied to Tom95076's discussion Regular Car Battery connected to a 45 watt Harbor Freight solar panel setup
"Your new battery would work if you could be certain to not pull it below 12 volts very often.  Flooded lead acid batteries like this are meant to deliver short bursts of high current for starting but will not tolerate deep discharges very…"
Nov 11, 2012
Xbombero replied to Tom95076's discussion Regular Car Battery connected to a 45 watt Harbor Freight solar panel setup
"When I started this little hobby I had a spare car battery and used it. I thought about going to deep charge and then saw the price. I added 3 additional batteries (same make & size) and have been running lights in the dark areas of the house on…"
Nov 10, 2012
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HF 45W kit setup with 400w inverter and 12v deep cycle battery

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Carl Stevenson replied to Tom95076's discussion Regular battery connected to a 45W harbor freight solar panel setup.
"Tom, I have an automotive battery at our cottage besides some deep cycle 6 volts. I run one of the Harbor Freight 5 watt lights that I installed in our outhouse as well as the 12 volt pressure pump for our plumbing system. It's on the larger…"
Oct 18, 2012
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"Thanks for the comments. It makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only one "out there" scrapping up as much re-usage as possible."
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