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New solar panel my first.. It does not indicate DC or AC
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:21 pm
by Howard Boone
an eBay purchase ultimately decided not to get the dashboard plugin solar panel but this one there had find more watt = 10. it has a white frame.. Blue cells.. And two wires.. A listing of amps volts and Watts.. But I cannot determine or contemplate why doesn't it say DC current.. In truth I am so new I've only heard ac solar panels. and this is my first day on the form.
Re: New solar panel my first.. It does not indicate DC or AC
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:58 am
by just4havinfun
Solar panels put out a DC current. There are solar panels on the market that have DC to AC inverters built in.
Re: New solar panel my first.. It does not indicate DC or AC
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:49 pm
by techman
Howard Boone wrote:an eBay purchase ultimately decided not to get the dashboard plugin solar panel but this one there had find more watt = 10. it has a white frame.. Blue cells.. And two wires.. A listing of amps volts and Watts.. But I cannot determine or contemplate why doesn't it say DC current.. In truth I am so new I've only heard ac solar panels. and this is my first day on the form.
Most likely what you have is a 10 watt solar panel designed to charge a 12 volt car battery. It is very small so you could connect it to a standard sized car battery permanently with no problem.
You cannot do this with larger solar panels without using a charge controller though.