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Solar Panel Kit for Hurricane Kit?

Posted on 8/7/22 at 12:41 pm
Posted by Fishwater
Carcosa
Member since Aug 2010
6050 posts
Posted on 8/7/22 at 12:41 pm
Looking for a good Solar Panel kit for when the next hurricane hits, to charge phones, etc.

Any recs?
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 8/7/22 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

Looking for a good Solar Panel kit for when the next hurricane hits, to charge phones, etc.

Any recs?


frick the green new deal, buy a generator
Posted by TimeOutdoors
LA
Member since Sep 2014
13389 posts
Posted on 8/7/22 at 1:54 pm to
The Jackery solar/batt generator work pretty good for a wall tent we use during the summer. Allows you to to charge while using it. Many don’t.
Posted by bee Rye
New orleans
Member since Jan 2006
34546 posts
Posted on 8/7/22 at 2:21 pm to
Klein tools makes one, not cheap though
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15741 posts
Posted on 8/7/22 at 2:32 pm to
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to charge phones, etc.


Not solar but a $30-40 power inverter with USB/110 volt outlets and using your car battery would be a cheap option
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12295 posts
Posted on 8/7/22 at 3:11 pm to
Just get the Harbor Freight solar generator.

If you are just going to charge stuff your vehicle is probably up to the task...

I would get a generator.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
34192 posts
Posted on 8/8/22 at 7:52 am to
I got one of those solar cubes off Amazon. It charges phones and wireless speakers well. If you want to charge more than that, you’ll need a generator.
Posted by Fishwater
Carcosa
Member since Aug 2010
6050 posts
Posted on 8/8/22 at 11:43 am to
Thanks.

Looking to get us a natural gas installed home generator soon, but wanted something small for now just in case.
Posted by MLU
Member since Feb 2017
1686 posts
Posted on 8/8/22 at 3:53 pm to
Harbor Freight makes a 100w solar kit for like $189 that has everything you need and packs down pretty compact for storage.
Posted by DMAN1968
Member since Apr 2019
13138 posts
Posted on 12/20/22 at 7:52 am to
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But I'd like to experiment with the Jackery Explorer 1000

Roughly $1600 with solar panels...ouch.

Just buy a 100ah Lithium battery, inverter and HF solar panels for about 1/3 the cost and be done with it.
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
4581 posts
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:55 am to
Those dink solar panels will take a week to actually charge that thing. Keep in mind, with a 100w solar panel, you might get 65 in perfect conditions, for 2 hours per day. Cloudy, you might get 10.
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