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Wagan Solar e Power Cube 1500 : Target
A member of my church group, the one we were helping get prepared and wanted so badly to go solar but decided on a generator we found on Craiglist for $250 (4000 watts) emailed me the link above and thought about putting it on his credit card. DON'T I yelled.
Yes its nice, yes its convenient to have it all built for you, and yes it looks cool and has all the right components (well except one to me - panels that matter). This unit, a $1000 plus, has 5-16 watt panels. My gosh I showed him the links where panels in the 200-280 watt range are under a dollar a watt now. Look I said get two of those 240 watt panels for $450 delivered and you still have $550 to go and 480 watts of charging power instead of 80. (480 vs 80)!
Yes you need an inverter - they are about $125 for under 500 watts.
Yes you need batteries - you can get a decent one for $175 I believed and possibly better if you go talk to the golf guy about those on the golf carts.
That is $750 and you are missing the wheels and handle. And you are getting 6x the charging power from the sun.
A member of my church group, the one we were helping get prepared and wanted so badly to go solar but decided on a generator we found on Craiglist for $250 (4000 watts) emailed me the link above and thought about putting it on his credit card. DON'T I yelled.
Yes its nice, yes its convenient to have it all built for you, and yes it looks cool and has all the right components (well except one to me - panels that matter). This unit, a $1000 plus, has 5-16 watt panels. My gosh I showed him the links where panels in the 200-280 watt range are under a dollar a watt now. Look I said get two of those 240 watt panels for $450 delivered and you still have $550 to go and 480 watts of charging power instead of 80. (480 vs 80)!
Yes you need an inverter - they are about $125 for under 500 watts.
Yes you need batteries - you can get a decent one for $175 I believed and possibly better if you go talk to the golf guy about those on the golf carts.
That is $750 and you are missing the wheels and handle. And you are getting 6x the charging power from the sun.