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Old 03-19-20, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Hoaglund
Went all in this touring season and ordered the Jackery 60W solar panel. Now I can camp indoors until the parks open in May. In the meantime time to go explore the horizon and limber up cycling. Today at 6am 35 with highs in the low 40s F.
I was out a couple days ago now (the 17th) on a day trip. It was cloudy and I was getting 170mA, or .17A, out of both my panels combined. In full sun I got 1.27A, or 1270mA, out of them. That is a little more than 1/10th the wattage.

The point - yea, its not much power, but even when its cloudy I can get some power.

If you have the same power conversion out of your 60w panel - that may get you close to an amp, 3/4 amp or so, of charge current when its cloudy. That is a pretty respectable amount.


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