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Old 06-13-2008, 11:07 AM   #9 (permalink)
Ryland
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For solar charging of your car you need to look at how many sun hours per day you get, then look at what angle your panels are at and what you are loosing because of that less then ideal angle, the weight they are going to add to the vehicle, the cost, the damage from vibration, minor accidents and the complexity of wiring them in to the body of the car, you would be better off telling your job that you want to install solar there, I have yet to hear of someone who wasn't allowed to plug their car in at work I figure it costs as much as 35 cents for mine to be plugged in for 8 hours so my boss doesn't mind.
Instead of building a generator why not buy one? it often ends up being cheaper, they work better and take up less space.
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