How to choose a suitable solar panel for camping ?
In a brighter camping trip , a good light weight portable solar panel could be a reliable power supply partner , no matter you are driving or stay some sunshine place for relax ,it can keep producing electric to keep you battery powerful all the time .
If you only need a solar panel to charge the 2nd battery of your vehicle , you will can have many different choices like solid roof solar panel , thin and light weight semi flexible solar panel or a folding solar panel could be an good option for you , just you need to select a suitable size of solar panel according to battery size in order to avoid waste money . For example , if you have a 100Ah 12V battery , total with around 1200Wh power inside , if you choose a 100W panel , may need more than 12 hours to charge it full from empty , to install around 400W solar panel will can make sure to charge your battery full in about 3~ 5 hours time , means you may have full power battery when you arrive the destination after 1 day travel .
But when you select a solar panel for short time camping or outdoor working , then the portable folding solar panel maybe a better choice than the solid solar panel and semi flexible solar panels . As a portable folding solar panel you can fold up in much smaller size and the light weight feature will make you carry them easy , that will make you a much better camping . In our opinion , the following points should be concerned when choose your portable camping solar panel :
A. The voltage of the portable solar panel . Some portable power power stations will request the solar panel input voltage been above 30V , so a standard solar panel Vm=20V may can not charge it directly . Melin Sunergy portable RV solar battery charger will can make both Vm 20V or Vm 40V according to customer’s request in order to cover all the usage for customer .
B. Stitching solar panel or whole integrated lamination portable folding solar panel . Most of the customer may ignore this point , the whole integrated lamination portable folding solar panel will have better looking and quality , a whole integrated unit will can real reach IP65 or IP67 water proof level , but the stitching portable camping solar panel , some times the rain can goes into the solar panel at the stitching hole and cause short circuit problem .
How to choose a suitable solar panel for camping ?
In a brighter camping trip , a good light weight portable solar panel could be a reliable power supply partner , no matter you are driving or stay some sunshine place for relax ,it can keep producing electric to keep you battery powerful all the time .
If you only need a solar panel to charge the 2nd battery of your vehicle , you will can have many different choices like solid roof solar panel , thin and light weight semi flexible solar panel or a folding solar panel could be an good option for you , just you need to select a suitable size of solar panel according to battery size in order to avoid waste money . For example , if you have a 100Ah 12V battery , total with around 1200Wh power inside , if you choose a 100W panel , may need more than 12 hours to charge it full from empty , to install around 400W solar panel will can make sure to charge your battery full in about 3~ 5 hours time , means you may have full power battery when you arrive the destination after 1 day travel .
But when you select a solar panel for short time camping or outdoor working , then the portable folding solar panel maybe a better choice than the solid solar panel and semi flexible solar panels . As a portable folding solar panel you can fold up in much smaller size and the light weight feature will make you carry them easy , that will make you a much better camping . In our opinion , the following points should be concerned when choose your portable camping solar panel :
A. The voltage of the portable solar panel . Some portable power power stations will request the solar panel input voltage been above 30V , so a standard solar panel Vm=20V may can not charge it directly . Melin Sunergy portable RV solar battery charger will can make both Vm 20V or Vm 40V according to customer’s request in order to cover all the usage for customer .
B. Stitching solar panel or whole integrated lamination portable folding solar panel . Most of the customer may ignore this point , the whole integrated lamination portable folding solar panel will have better looking and quality , a whole integrated unit will can real reach IP65 or IP67 water proof level , but the stitching portable camping solar panel , some times the rain can goes into the solar panel at the stitching hole and cause short circuit problem .