Description
- Compatible with a variety of 12V battery devices: the solar panel converts sunlight into electrical energy, and is compatible with multiple battery devices such as feeder batteries and hunting equipment batteries
- Durable mounting bracket: the aluminum bracket features anti-rust and anti-corrosion functions, it is hard and can be fixed effectively; The solar panel charger is oriented at an angle of 60 degrees and can absorb sunlight well
- Avoid overcharging: our solar panel can not only quickly charge the battery with 12 volts of power, but also protect battery from over charge. Battery is under full protections.
- Simple installation: the solar charger has detailed instructions, easy to install with few parts, it is waterproof, windproof, rust-proof, and corrosion-proof
- Reliable quality: the outdoor solar panel are constantly tested and improved to ensure the quality of this product and provide you with a safe and reliable solar panel
Nick Hunka –
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I purchased the 12v Solar Panel in December 2021. Today, February 2024 and it still works great maintaining my Game Camera Battery.. zero complaints.
six sigma –
Works great for my 12v chicken coop door
Lee –
Like another top review says, be sure to check what these actually output.
The 12v model put out more than that in direct sun. 6v model seems to be about 12v
The 6v model (actually 12v) will work for me.
Seems like it should hold up as far as build quality but be aware it’s not sealed around the edges. The internal wire connection does have sealant though so it should be ok. Wire quality is not the greatest but it’ll hold up for a while.
Normand J. Chenard –
Works very well, and was easy to install. I added this to a deer feeder and it keeps my battery fully charged at all times. Great product, sold build quality.
A Person –
Good value for the $’s. Nice long wires. Appears to be sturdy. Easy to mount in area a few feet from the fish feeder with the long wires . I just ordered my 2nd. One.
Jim k –
A lot of people writing reviews on these panels saying they put out too many volts and will ruin their batteries need to do their homework. These batteries will always put out a high voltage when not connected to a load. They work perfectly for me using them with lifepo4 batteries with my SPYPOINT cameras. I have at least 15 of them out in the field with at least half of those out all winter . Even with leaves on the trees and sunlight only a few hours a day, these keep my batteries 100 percent. I only use these and the 1.7 powoxi panels. I even made setups where I run two cameras off one battery and one panel (see pictures) and it keeps the battery fully charged.
Jim k –
Works better than original
Rlaverne64 –
I ordered two of these 6 volt. Both packages were labelled 6 volt. In full sunlight with no load the meter showed 12.8 volts. They both put out .35 amps (350 milliamps), which is respectable. At 12.8 volts that’s 4.5 watts. I connected them to 6 volt batteries and they brought them up to 7.5 volts and continued to pump .35 amps into the batteries, which would destroy them. As a 12 volt panel, these would be impressive. They are very well constructed and the mounting bracket is aluminum so it will last forever. Since I’ll be returning them I was tempted to dump them in the pool to see how waterproof they are but didn’t have time. I’m giving 4 stars for the construction & performance. I’m deducting one star because I obviously got the wrong voltage even though the packages indicated otherwise. I will try again because they are impressive if only the voltage is correct.
EDIT:
1) Since I was returning these, I put one on a pool step overnight. About 3 inches deep for 18 hours. Directly from the pool to sunlight, it put out 13.2 volts @ .25 amps. I’d say it’s definitely weatherproof. My neighbor said he could use them so I cancelled my return.
2) I ordered a second pair of 6 volt panels hoping the originals were just mispackaged. In today’s sunlight, all four were identical: 13.25 volts @ .25 amps. I tried covering parts of one panel with cardboard hoping to drop the voltage. In a “landscape” orientation, covering the left column dropped everything to zero. Covering the bottom row did nothing, same voltage, same amps; I can’t figure that one out. I’ll play with them some more covering various spots with electrical tape. Arrg, if they only maxed out at 7 +/- volts, I’d be very happy. Maybe colored plastic over the entire face would “shade” it enough to drop the voltage.
3) I’ve ordered a pair of 12 volt panels because I just have to see what they put out. I’ll post when they come.
EDIT2:
I received 2 12 volt panels and they read 21 volts @ .160 amps. So, all of these are two banks. The “6 volt” ones are connected in parallel (that explains each alligator clip having two wires connected to them) and the “12 volt” ones have both banks in series. In any case, both deliver a significantly higher voltage than their rating. I’ve found that this is common for solar panels. I was going to design a shunt regulator but the most common one won’t handle the current without an extra transistor. I’m going with a LM317 series regulator with a heatsink, easy. The “12 volt” ones will probably be fine on a flooded battery; the current is low. But for a 6 volt sealed battery, I want 7.2 volts max and, over that, .320 amps is too much.
If you’re using an Odyssey battery, do not go over 15 volts at any current. It’s an expensive battery to lose.
End of review.