RICH SOLAR 100 Watt 12 Volt Premium Monocrystalline Solar Panel All Black

I was a little concerned with buying such cheap panels so I bought one for testing. It was reproducing 104 watts so I decided to buy 17 more for a total 18. This gave me a 1.8kw array and they have been working excellent. Unfortunately due to my house position, my shed was the only available place right now to install them and they are west facing instead of south. I expect them to perform less than perfect due to not being properly positioned. I am still getting a peak of over 1.5kw which is very good. Most solar panels only produce 80% of their rated amount and these panels are producing more than 80% in a poor configuration. Due to my geographical location, I get about 5.5 solar hours a day and the panels generate 9.5kwh a day. That is a huge help with the electric bill and I plan on installing a larger array on the garage to make my house netzero. I highly recommend these panels for a DIY install. There are other solar panels with a better price per watt cost but they are usually 300+watts and difficult to handle without having a large install team. Also, these 100w panels make it easy to configure and they give you more installation options due to their size compared to larger panels. The build quality of the panels are good. I did not see any defects or problems with them. The only issue I encountered was the first panel I purchased had different mounting hole locations than the other 17. This was a minor issue that was easily fixed with a cordless drill. These panels are at such a good price that a person can start building their system and keep adding on when they can afford more so they can reach their goal. With the price and quality of these panels, I dont know why everybody is not installing them to save money. I calculated my system ROI to be at 8 years with inverters and all the associated equipment. These panels will end up saving me thousands of dollars over their lifetime!

Soloid panels, great output in our California sun and packaged well. I purchased two units about 1 1/2 years ogo, ant they work solid on ny travel trailoer roof. I just purchased 2 more. Solid output and a great price ($150) for the 2 pack.

I mounted this with standard PV mounting brackets flat on top of my small RV, paired with a 10A controller it is easily enough to keep my high-efficiency fridge running without needing a generator. Even in shaded spots, and not angled towards the sun on early spring days, this is generating more than 10W. On a bright day at noon it hits the full 100W. Cables and termination connectors are sturdy, and the leads are long enough so that I could route them to an existing cable entry about 1' to the side of the PV and still have enough length to make connections about 1' inside the cable run, so the connections are protected against weather.

Let the sunshine in, Let the sunshine in. Well I added 600 watts to our 400. All 12 volts. Yes I know, but I'm using the 400 watts on our camper (soon to be 500 watts) to help power this up so 12 volts is what we are using. We have a 2200 watt inverter in the camper, and send the power to our generator feed from camper. We also have .000 copper wire to tie together the RV 12 volts system to the house system with 300 amp Anderson plugs, 3 Epever 40 amp controller's, 10 flooded deep cycle, and can power up a 6000 BTU A.C. a 110v fan to move the cool air around in a 1200 Sq ft house on a very cloudy day. These panels pump out about 20- 30 amps in the clouds. We have A.C. set at 70 degrees and the A.C. compressor cycles on and off as house cools off and heats up. This system keeping my batteries at 13.2 volt low and 14.5 fully charged on a cloudy day. And fully powers up the AC. When we don't need the A.C. I can run 2 refrigerators 2 freezers 2 fans on high and still keep a full charge. The reason for 3 controllers is 400 watts on different sun angles (1 in camper flat roof) The other two are running 300 watts each and room for 200 watts more on each controller. With different sun angles. I like the black frames and the colors of the panels don't stand out with our log cabin style home. We had the blue polycrystalline and they really stood out. Now the Monocrystalline ones blend into our color scheme. Nice. Going to order 4 more to add the 400 watts. I only use Rich solar they are build well and I recieved them in a few days and undamaged. Nice. Would love to go totally off grid and I'm thinking once I get enough power I will cut the camper off and rewire And go to 24 volts for house only. But for now the camper is checked on everyday and is only 8 feet from the side of the house. Everything is already set up cables are made, Controllers are automatic 12v 24v. Solar panels are easy. Wire size is at 4 gauge from panels so thats a over kill for the distance of 20 feet from roof to controller's. The conduit is done with room to add on I installed two 12"×12" boxes to run the wires and to add more access points. Everything is painted so it all looks good. Now just need more $$$$$$.

I have 5 of these panels and they seem to be good, but with one flaw that you need to correct before installing them. The pigtail leads (wires) that are provided make it convenient to install, but they are installed with a crimp connection that can pull out, and is difficult to repair. I had this happen by accident which is how I discovered this flaw. It is not difficult to open the junction box and then to solder that pigtail in place. You can just solder them without removing them and then you have a good solid connection. Just solder both connections and then snap the cover back in place. You'll need a wide tip heavy solder iron and some rosin core solder.

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Hallo, ich habe nun 2 dieser Panele. Das Panel an sich ist ordentllich verarbeitet, gut aufzustellen, die PV Leistung ist nach meinem Empfinden gut. Meine Beaudens Power Bank geht auch bei leichter Sonne im März sofort auf 45-48 Watt Ladeleistung. Mehr kann sie eh nicht aufnehmen. Der beigelegte Solar Laderegler funktioniert, wirkt aber extrem billig, eine Anzeige der Ladeleistung fehlt, es wird nur die Spannung der Batterie angezeigt. Hier war unbedingt ein Upgrade notwendig. Ich habe auf ein Produkt aus dem Hause Victron gesetzt, bei dem ich auch die Panele in Reihe schließen kann um mit der höheren Spannung geringere Kabelquerschnitte verwenden zu können. In Verbindung mit dem Victron Regeler werden die 2 Panele mit den 200 Watt dann meine WoWa Batterie mit 93 Ah laden. Wie haltbar die Panele sind wird die Zeit offenbaren, aus meiner heutigen Sicht ist der Preis für die Tasche mit den Anderson Steckern sehr gut, auch ohne Verwendung des mitgelieferten Reglers. Mit einem guten MPPT Regler (In der Beaudens eingebaut) ist die Panelleistung selbst jetzt im März schon ordentlich, ich bin gespannt auf den Sommer. Im nun angeschafften Set habe ich die Möglichkeit 1 Panel mit der Beaudens für den Betrieb von Kühlbox, Handy, Tablet mitzunehmen, was bei gutem Wetter problemlos reicht. Mit den 2 Panelen, dem Victron im Wohnwagen und der großen AGM Batterie ist autarkes Stehen problemlos möglich, solange es nicht tagelang regnet. Der große Vorteil der Solartaschen ist die gute Ausrichtung zur Sonne welche viel mehr Ertrag bietet als feste Solarflächen auf dem Dach. Das Mobilheim steht schön im Schatten und die Panele sind mit ein paar Metern Kabel in der prallen Sonne positioniert. Wer auch in Abwesenheit laden möchte kann ja die Solartaschen diskret auf das Dach legen. so flach wie diese sind, fallen sie nicht auf und werden dann eher nicht entwendet.