Harbor Freight ('Arbor Fright for our VK readers...HI!) has a 3 panel
setup which comes with a controller and 2, 12 volt compact flourescent
lamps. Claimed power is 45 watts. Usual price is $249.
Got mine at the local Harbor Freight store on sale for $199 and was
able to use a 15% off cupon to reduce the cost to about $180 after
Pennsyslvania and county confiscatory sales taxes.
The stand for the panels is a fixed angle steel device sure to rust
quickly. I made one of aluminum angle stock with variable angle.
Measured peak power output in mid-summer for my installation is 3 amps
(about 39 watts.) The panels appear to have reverse current protection
diodes.
I regard it as a good value for @ $180. Were I to do a whole house
system, I'd go with Kyrocera and spend the extra dollars.
72,
Tim Colbert K3HX
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