Nah, they still are spendy....that Cabelas panel is a cheap, chinese made panel. I believe it is five watts. It will keep a battery charged, but does not have sufficient power to recharge a battery.
You need at least a 30 watt panel to recharge a battery. And even at that it takes most of the day to do it. However, by using the panel on your ice chest or with another battery at camp you can get a full recharge on a sunny day. I use a 30 watt panel to recharge my tent trailer battery. In late October, on most sunny days the battery will just recharge. Here is a reputable company with solar panels under 40 watts....you might want to note the size of the panel. Also if you leave the battery unattended, you should get a charge controller. http://store.solar-electric.com/1to39wasopa.html http://www.backwoodssolar.com/ Both these companies are reputable and have good information on solar power on their sites. I have spent several thousand dollars at both....good folks to do business with. Vladimir > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brenden > Portolese > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:54 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Trolling battery and (Solar) charger > > > For those interested, there are a number of solar battery chargers > available. They are a little on the spendy side ($70-$150), and > of course, > require sun.. but if your on a multi-day trip to a secluded > location, this > could be your best friend. Most will also keep the battery in condition > during storage. > > Cabelas is a good resource, and believe or not Fry's has a decent > selection. > > Ok, I take it back.. they WERE spendy back when I was looking.. > Cabelas - http://tinyurl.com/6v2d9 > >
