Posted by Steve in IL on January 12, 2008 at 17:44:57 from (75.23.88.2):
In Reply to: Solar panel/12V Batt. posted by Larry D. on January 12, 2008 at 16:17:09:
Larry - I have a solar system with a 12v battery at my barn. I thing that its a 15w. (Harbor Freight, about $35). However, after reading about batteries, I used a standard car battery (not deep cycle). What I read about deep cycle is that they are designed to be fully charged and un-charged. I run a few 12v lights (for the few times that I"m in the barn at night), and a radio (cheap boom box, built for 8 D cells: 8*1.5v=12v, so I soldered leads to either end of the battery box, and wired it directly into my 12v battery. The system seems to work great... I always have power. (but never run it fully down, as deep cycle is intended). If you need more power, harborfreight.com has several other options (search for "solar").
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