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frontpageiconian | Staff posted Aug 01, 2025 03:51 PM
Renogy E.Flex-Core 200W IP65 Waterproof Foldable Portable Solar Panel
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Very handy that it has essentially a USB hub built right in for DC-DC charging, in addition to the MC4-style cables for compatibility.
Be aware though that this is bigly, unfolds to 9 feet.
The solar is actually much simpler than it seems
Here's the most basic setup.
You need something to collect the sun's energy. That's your solar panel.
You need something to store the collected energy for use now or later. That's a battery.
Then you need something that can safely take the energy from the solar panels and convert it to a voltage safe for your battery. That's the charge controller.
Then you need a way to get the energy out of the battery to your appliance or device. That's the inverter. It converts DC energy from the battery into alternating current at the correct voltage.
These little solar panels are good for charging power stations or your own DIY battery storage things. Let's say you're a car camping person. You might have a power station like an ecoflow or some diy option doing the same thing. You use it for a laptop, coffee maker, hot water kettle, lighting or induction cooktop. But you need to charge that battery. This panel will let you do that.
The other scenario: you live in a place prone to disasters. Like fires, hurricanes, earthquakes or ice storms. You don't always need power, but you might to keep devices charged, run a radio, TV, lights, or something. In that case, you would charge the battery from the wall when the weather watch happened, and if it gets bad you'll use the battery and solar panel in conjunction to power things and recharge the battery. If you had to shelter in place, you might like having a gas-free, generator free way to have some limited lighting or a fan.
The final use that *might* have a shorter payback would be if your power company has time of use where some hours of the day are really expensive. If you had a suitable battery and inverter to where you could power a heat pump or window AC unit for that 4-6 hour window, while charging the battery at the cheap times or in the sun, it might work out okay.
You'd need maybe 8-12 years before the payback on a large scale solar system would breakeven. This type of system will never breakeven.
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Plus this code will work with the 220 w model. find a price after the code $146 . maybe there are other codes to lower the price?
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Very handy that it has essentially a USB hub built right in for DC-DC charging, in addition to the MC4-style cables for compatibility.
Be aware though that this is bigly, unfolds to 9 feet.
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I got this with one of the flashlights in June. Never figured out what that was. But I was able to buy this last time it came up without issue. Arrived undamaged.
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