I went off and picked up 6 - 315watt Hanwha panels made with Q-Cells....

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Photowhit
Photowhit Solar Expert Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭✭✭
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So I had a wild hair... Had some money burning a hole in my wallet from winning a pool tourney, and...

Been thinking about picking up a few more panels. Should have bought a pallet of GCL when they were 26 cents a watt. Have a couple projects and will reduce my odds and ends to nothing. So a project installer pops up 6 - 315 watt Hanwha panels for $500 left over from a large install (he works in MWs!)

Curious if anyone has an opinion about these, they seem somewhat light, though heavier than the 200-250 watt panels I'm use to using the PDF on them say 42 lbs! so not much heavier. They have UL cert and Tyco connectors (I may switch them out)

Like that they are 72 cell panels, 6 will nicely fit on a 60 amp PWM charge controller, but in truth it's more than a green house fan project needs. May just put 2 of them up for sale at 50 cents a watt...lol.

Nice guy even threw in a 60 watt solar shingle, It'll make a nice emergency usb charger. Found someone selling nice little USB charge regulators for a couple bucks;

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-5V-20V-to-5V-2A-Max-USB-Charger-Regulator-For-Solar-Panel-Fold-bag-Cell-W8E8/172977560483


Home system 4000 watt (Evergreen) array standing, with 2 Midnite Classic Lites,  Midnite E-panel, Magnum MS4024, Prosine 1800(now backup) and Exeltech 1100(former backup...lol), 660 ah 24v Forklift battery(now 10 years old). Off grid for 20 years (if I include 8 months on a bicycle).
- Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.
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  • petertearai
    petertearai Solar Expert Posts: 471 ✭✭✭✭
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    wow thats exciting . would love to get a bunch of those for that price . 
    2225 wattts pv . Outback 2kw  fxr pure sine inverter . fm80 charge controller . Mate 3. victron battery monitor . 24 volts  in 2 volt Shoto lead carbon extreme batterys. off grid  holiday home 
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