Reddit reviews Renogy 400 Watt 12 Volt Monocrystalline Solar Starter Kit with Wanderer
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Monocrystalline solar cell efficiency: 21%；Ideal output: 2000Wh per day; can fully charge a 200Ah battery from 50% in 3 hours (depending on the availability of sunlight)With the Renogy Wanderer 30A PWM Charge Controller, you can expand your system up to a maximum of 400WThe charge controller has been upgraded to Renogy' s new 30A PWM Negative-Ground Charge Controller - the Renogy WandererNegative grounding controller with battery reversed, overloading, short-circuit and over charging /discharging protection ensures the broader off grid applications and safety. Especially can be used on a vehicle which has battery negative on the chassisThe kit now includes an 8ft 10AWG Tray Cable to connect your charge controller and battery.
solar panel kit!
Bumper to bumper, it is 96"x29'3", but inside, discounting the door/drivers area, It is around 88" wide x 26'6" (around 200 sqft).
I specifically went with that one (with the stainless steel front panels) as I am trying to make this as versatile as possible, with a 3 way, I can run off 120v when I have it, propane when I do not, and 12v when going down the road, or when I eventually toss solar on the roof. Still debating if I want to go with an expensive kit that will easily run everything and adding a few more batteries, , or a cheaper one that will just keep the two house, and one main battery charged.
On mobile right now can't do the math(edit, still did the math) but the solar bike pathway cost 3.7 million (granted it is a prototype) for 72 meters. That might have cost a couple thousand in bitumen and solar panels are around 1$/watt these days I believe. Assuming a width of 1.5m we end up with 105m^2. Now if we take these solar panels on Amazon we end up with 24m^2 for 600$. Now things should be looking pretty obvious. It doesn't matter how cheap they can make the solar roadway it's the same as about 5000~6000$ worth of solar panels and a few thousand dollars of road (didn't bother finding numbers, there's now way we would have roads if 72m cost more than a couple thousand dollars). So yeah, more expensive and less efficient. In conclusion, a terrible idea.just guessing honestly, I've never tried to install them. but man, 4.4 kwh for 4 panels? that sound expensive bro. even the 400w panel is like $700.