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Originally Posted by vpoppv
Ben,
Or would the loss through the inverters make me lose most of the energy I get from the panels?
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Yes.
I can't remember the voltage of your car but if its 60v or less the Kaneka GSA-60 will charge it and you can buy them for $99-113 EACH individually. Usually about $150 with shipping (at least thats what I paid, I got one broken panel and one good one, hoping to fix the broken one since they didn't want it shipped back)
http://www.solarblvd.com/product_inf...lar-Panel.html
They are 60watt 67v panels meaning they can charge 48v effectively and 60v sslloowwly. They can float a 72v battery set as their peak voltage is approx 90 volts, can't really charge anything above 60v of lead though, unless they are discharged.
You would have to devise your own method of shutting them off though, if you plan on leaving the thing sit around a lot.
I've wanted to mount one panel on the roof of the Miles ZX40 mini van as a trickle charger/maintainer but as of yet haven't located cheap MC cabling to maintain the warranty. All of the MC cables cost almost as much as the panel it seems. I would love to find a nice 30' section of 20 guage MC extension cable for the mini van wiring but don't want to spend $60 on 10guage to run a 1amp panel. The other trouble is the flimsyness of the panel, I figure high density foam underneith to mount so it doesn't instantly crack in half.
Cheers
Ryan