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Old 09-14-2016, 10:52 PM   #35 (permalink)
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solar roads

Did they consider the fact of roads on hills facing the sun and such?

I already bought the 2 solar panels from home depot, they're rigid and were on sale so they were actually cheaper.
I also bought 4 20AH lithium (LifePo4) cells.
Going to buy this charger I don't care about the weight, I just don't want to vent and I don't drill holes in the body, just one of my policies.
I'm going to leave the starting battery and just slowly remove loads from it and put them on the "house" battery. Depending on how well it works I might just get a DC battery charger and charge my starting battery with the house battery. IDK yet.
The cap idea is going to be just pretty much a covering and after things fell in place it turns out it's going to be pretty easy, I'll do it for more professional looks if nothing else.
The tilt mount will just be some hinges and a prop type rod, I already maxed out my roof rack with the panels I bought so...



I thinks its coming together nicely
I built a frame for it, needs finished but its all cut out.

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