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Solar battery maintainer? by: lain - Jul 20, 2016 11:19:00 GMT -5

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Post by lain on Jul 20, 2016 11:19:00 GMT -5

www.grainger.com/product/10W842

Has anyone ever tried a solar battery maintainer? If you guys hadn't noticed I'm looking into all sorts of gadgets and whatnot. I'm actually writing up a survival/travel scooter guide for travelling and vagabonds (haha).

I feel something like this could be a good backup option in case you end up running yoru battery dry for some reason, but not sure. Amperage looks a bit high (2.4 max), not sure if it limits it or just outputs what the panels give it...

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Solar battery maintainer? by: rockynv - Jul 20, 2016 12:31:22 GMT -5 lain likes this

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That is just the controller and requires up to 45 watts of solar panels in order to make it work.

Though its out of stock BatteryTender lists them for $27.

so Grainger is selling them for $11 over MSRP.
www.batterytender.com/Solar/Battery-Tender-Solar-Controller.html

Here is the link to all their solar models most of which include the solar panel:
www.batterytender.com/Solar/

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Solar battery maintainer? by: rockynv - Jul 20, 2016 23:16:08 GMT -5

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Post by rockynv on Jul 20, 2016 23:16:08 GMT -5

Most solar battery maintainers are so big they won't fit in the seat bucket unfortunately.

This is similar to the 1.5 watt one that I have and its 1/2 inch thick, almost 5 inches wide and almost 13 inches long and it won't charge a dead battery:
www.harborfreight.com/15-watt-solar-battery-charger-68692.html

For basic use you really need at least a 15 watt unit however those are generally about 1 inch thick, over 1 foot wide and over 3 feet long. 45 watts would be for recharging dead batteries however those are three times the size of the 15 watt kits.

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