Basic 100w Solar Panel Set Up Step By Step

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1. Good job there. Hope you got the panel figured out. The polycrystalline should be better in the shade than what you have. Mine puts out 18V on a cloudy day and activates the charge controller. Sorry you had trouble with that word pronouncing it, not crystal lite or white but crystalline.
2. thanks
3. Thanks now i'm going to start going Solar on my next hunting trip..
4. Great video
5. I thought you could not mix poly with mono
6. is it safe to use a 100 watt 18 volt solar panel with a 12 volt 10 ah battery??? THank you so much
7. Great video...however I laughed uncontrollably listening to you talk while you sped up the video lol. It caught me off guard haha. Thanks for the detailed video. I'm about to do a small solar setup in my work van :)
8. the longer and thicker the wire that power runs through the more power loss you get, also different alloys transfer power at different rates
9. $800 for free power. How long will it take for you to consume $800 worth of electricity in your shed?
10. the reason it's not showing power from your panel is u can't run a solid cover house wire from your panel you have to use a braided cable like a battery cable b cause solid cable will restrict a 12 volt system if u change the cable from the panel to a 6 or8 gage wire the panel will start working right u are restricting your voltage from your panel I noticed u said u were having a problem with that panel in the beginning u can't use solid copper wire on a 12 v system u can check this with an amp meter on this system that's why u are showing a low charge.
11. all ways hook up the positive up first then the negative.and to disconnect unhook neg first.
12. dude you need to look at building a battery box to collect all the gas that leaks from those batteries and then vent that gas outside.  that gas is very flammable.
13. Good vid Bro. Thanks
14. Dude, I admire your effort and sharing with everyone. Just a bit of advice... you need more panels to charge your batteries at an effective rate. The 100 watt panel probably puts out ~5 amps at peak efficiency. The single panel is not even enough to charge one of those batteries. Well, it may charge it over time, but the battery life will suffer. You would need 6 amps per 120 amp hours of battery for a c/5 charge rate (minimum recommended). Ideally you would want to charge them at a c/10 rate for the long term health of the battery. Another issue is it will take a looong time to charge those up once depleted. Get those extra panels as soon as possible. I hate to see people waste money on batteries!
15. ok, i guess i'll research power inverters. can that run wires to my light bulb in the ceiling, that runs off a single pole switch? thx.
16. ok, i'm a beginner in that, this is the very first research i've done, so silly question... how do you get power to a service such as a power tool, or a light bulb?
17. picked up some good tips for my off grid homestead i'm building. Already learned I need more than 2 batteries
18. As for the voltage difference shown between the charge controller and the inverter, 13v on the Canadian Tire inverter is likely a tolerance error. You said you've been using those batteries at another location so if anything they should start to loose voltage as they age so 13v would be an unrealistic voltage for used wet lead acid battery unless they were fresh off the charger. The cables are too short to cause that much voltage loss. I would guess the charge controller showing 12.7v is likely more accurate. I'd get a decent multi-meter and check the DC voltage that way and then you'll know for sure.
19. friggin morons.
20. good explanation of your setup. Only tip when going through a wall to the outside you want the lower end on the outside. so if it get moisture for any reason it runs to the outside. Thank you