jim65wagon
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Back in May, we finally got to install the one thing that I wished for from day one.. Solar Panels! We purchased 2 of those cheap flexible 100 watt panels off of Amazon (Allpowers - it's Amazon's choice), along with 40 feet of cable and a nice el cheapo PWM solar charger. I hear what you're saying "Buy quality, b...blah blah blah" Sometimes you just gotta dip your toes in first to see how warm the water is.
We mounted the panels in aluminum frames to make it easy to angle them to the sun.
And then......before we even tried them out once we decided to have a set mounted on the trailer too, just to cover all of our energy needs. This way we can park in the sun and charge or park in the shade and still charge
We bought (Amazon again) 2 Unlimited Solar UFLX100 amorphous panels. These have a self adhesive backing that makes installation easy breezy.
Our daughters boyfriend (our new electrical engineer) helped me install them and wire them. So far they charge our batteries while driving, and parked in the sun very well.
![Snapchat-1690959364.jpg Snapchat-1690959364.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/372/372977-fbcbdff3f5b3d846cc4c6f0e5be2da50.jpg)
With all four panels set out, we get shady coolness and power
![20180513_164044.jpg 20180513_164044.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/372/372978-49d9b0c5723aaaf1551c53515bda476a.jpg)
We mounted the panels in aluminum frames to make it easy to angle them to the sun.
And then......before we even tried them out once we decided to have a set mounted on the trailer too, just to cover all of our energy needs. This way we can park in the sun and charge or park in the shade and still charge
We bought (Amazon again) 2 Unlimited Solar UFLX100 amorphous panels. These have a self adhesive backing that makes installation easy breezy.
Our daughters boyfriend (our new electrical engineer) helped me install them and wire them. So far they charge our batteries while driving, and parked in the sun very well.
![Snapchat-1690959364.jpg Snapchat-1690959364.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/372/372977-fbcbdff3f5b3d846cc4c6f0e5be2da50.jpg)
With all four panels set out, we get shady coolness and power
![20180513_164044.jpg 20180513_164044.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/372/372978-49d9b0c5723aaaf1551c53515bda476a.jpg)