Description
- Perfect for off grid 12 volt batteries charging system and a variety of DC applications, designed for charging 12 volt batteries in car, RVs, cabins, boats, marines, shed, cabin, gate opener, battery operated gates, dry camping, garden watering, work great for back-up power and remote power use.
- It is also suitable for maintaining and charging the batteries in any car, motorcycle, boat, tractor, RVs, snowmobiles, trucks, shed, cabin, gate opener, etc. It can generate current to charge the batteries, prevent the loss current of the battery in storage or standby process.
- Package includes 100 watts 12 Volt solar panel, V shape mount tilt rack bracket, 12V/24V intelligent charge controller, two 16ft cables with terminal of MC4 and two 5ft cables with terminal of O-ring for battery charging connection, easy to fix and install.
- The weight of solar panel is 15.84, easy to carry and install, made with high efficiency monocrystalline solar cells, heavy-duty anodized aluminum frame, the corrosion-proof aluminum frame, and tempered glass coating shield the panel from weathering and wear.
- The product is equipped with a bracket that adjusts the mounting angle for better sunlight reception, it can be mounted on ground, wood or wall. With an intelligent charge controller, full protections prevent battery from overcharge and over discharge, over voltage, short circuit, etc.
Jeff W –
I bought this kit to strap to the roof of my excursion, which has about a dozen lights that drain the battery every time you open a door, and consequently will kill my battery if left unchecked. This setup isn’t ideal for a smaller vehicle – a flexible panel would be better suited, but my roof rack has plenty of room for the full-size panel. I bought the ‘RV kit’ with plastic corner pieces that mount to your application, and they would indeed work well on a larger RV roof.
You won’t get amazing performance from a single 100w panel, but even on cloudy days it’ll hit 13+ volts with what amounts to a trickle charge, which is more than enough to keep my battery healthy. The actual installation wiill depend on your application, but you can’t really get it wrong – the plugs and included wires are black and red, and everything just plugs into the voltage regulator. You’ll need to route these wires to your battery somehow, and honestly, the included battery leeds are fairly long but you might need to get longer cables because they’re not really long enough to get creative with your wiring. But since it’s a low-voltage DC system, any decent copper wire bigger than like 10 guage should be enough to work.
YMMV but this little kit is simple and spare, there’s not a bunch of extra crap to worry about – you just mount the panel and plug everything in. Depending on your needs, it won’t take long to get it all working. A single panel is not enough to run a large power inverter, but these panels are basically infinitly expandable with the right wiring, so once you have the 20A regulator, you can add like 6 panels without needed to upgrade. good luck, and may you have sunny skies out there!
regina –
This Top Solar System is a great value and an amazing way to start producing electricity from the sun.
Johnny M –
Tested this out on a semi sunny day with good results. I was actually pleased how it was charging a car battery without any issues. I just wish the connectors were easier to pull apart when not using. That’s my only complain but the product works well.
ryan olson –
Came with no brackets to mount…
So we had to figure out a way to mount ourselves…but once figured out it works great!
Right Direction –
Easy to set up, worked great for 4 weeks then the change controller stopped working. Bought this kit because I just wanted an easy all in 1 to deploy. In the end I’m going to have to buy a better charge controller. For about double the price you can get a 200w solar panel and a mppt type charge controller with tons more features than this kit. I bought a Topsolar 50w kit for my gate almost a year ago, that still works great, not sure why this unit failed so soon. Now that it’s past the 30 day return I have no recourse, the solar panel still works and outputs within spec, so at least it’s not a total loss. Going to try out the AMPINVT 40A MPPT controller with this kit with a few more 100w panels. So far, in my case, with Topsolar products it’s a 50/50 if their products fail after a month of 24×7 use. If you like the convenience of all-in-1s, I recommend getting a kit with a mppt type charge controller rather than a pv, they have more features and are better quality.
John P. Costello –
I bought the 100 watt kit, it came with the panel cables, battery cables, brackets, hardware, and the panel itself. like others have mentioned, the box it comes in is flimsy, but mine showed up without any damage. I am impressed with the value, and with the instructions that came with both the panel, and pwm charge controller. the charge controller it comes with is actually pretty nice. it has aluminum heat sinking on the back of it and isn’t one of the generic cheap pwm controllers that break the first time you try to hook up.
when i buy more panels, i will be buying more of this kit vs. the bare panels because these come with such high quality accessories.
John P. Costello –
I use this panel to charge a 35ah battery that powers LED driving lights, that I installed in our livestock barn.
It’s overkill for the battery but was actually cheaper than the 50w model.
It works well, controller works well too. Be sure to put spacers between controller and mounting wall, it has a heatsink on back and needs some airflow.
I did not us the mounts, they wouldn’t work for the location I picked out (wasn’t going to put holes on my roof)
Fair price, quick shipping, fairly simple install, controller took a little fiddling around to figure out the screen/settings but nothing to difficult.
I’m sure this would easily charge a much larger battery.
I did not want to run power out to lights from the controller, I’m sure it would work fine for one or two, but we will eventually have four switches and eight lights.
Tenaciouss –
Installed this system in June 2023 Controller is dead in less than a year. No response, new battery on it no indication that is coming on. Would purchase the Panels, by themselves and get a separate controller. Also no way to contact or get warranty.