Great bang for your buck portable solar panel, can't go wrong at this price Anderson plug connections, regulator, and carry bag included.
Note: Stock is mostly found in Perth
WA State (incomplete list)
Perth CBD
Morley
East Vic Park
Belmont
Mirrabooka
Carousel
Garden City
NSW:
Macquarie (Low stock)
Chatswood (Low stock)
^ when the first word of the first response is the best source of renewable energy
Anyone found stock in Vic?
Warragul shows low stock
Been to Warragul - no stock. Service desk said website is usually 24 hours out of date :(
Looks like heaps in WA
thats rare…
10+ in Ellenbrook
Very very old item with no stock anywhere. Surprised its still showing up on the website
"no stock anywhere"
WA shows in stock in numerous stores
So none in actual Australia then
Just one third of it😁
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I think you’re getting WA mixed up with TAS
IF the Federal Budget (AKA Cash Splash) is anyhting to go by…WA is important.
No it's not very old. Kmart has put these on sale at the beginning of summer and write them down in autumn for the last few years.
Very very old item
This is not food. Solar panels do not go off after a couple of weeks.
Placed an order. Now, what can I use this for?
Blackout? Backup Power?
It appears it has a USB output… sounds good there already
It probably works better if you have something like a battery in a box, so that you can actually use the power at night, etc.
@ATangk: ALDI's got you covered there in a few days: https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/special-buys-sat-2-a…
@dullbeard: Was almost certain the battery box I saw in Kmart the other day was $39 but guess I was wrong.
@dullbeard: Just to clarify in case anyone thinks to use this.
This DOES NOT have a battery in it and therefore by itself will do absolutely nothing.
You put a separately purchased battery into that box to turn it into a useable setup.
Just thought i'd say as the name could mislead some into thinking its all you'd need.
Run a fridge at the beach for cold beer all day long.
Maybe if the fridge was the size of one can
40l Engel no problem 👍
@Spendmore: Need to get 2 of those pull along beach buggy things and fill them beer, a battery and a Engel. Make a game out of pulling them. Whoever pulls one to the beach the fastest wins a free can of beer
I think the bigger problem is carrying 45kg (fridge, plus planels plus beer) to the beach
Ice and an esky does the same job and it's cheaper and easier to carry
To a point yeah, until the ice melts.
To a point yeah, until the ice melts.
The ice will stay solid in an esky longer than the sun is in the sky powering your fridge…
@1st-Amendment: Ice weighs a lot, occupies a lot of space in an esky, and won't last long if you're opening it every half hour to grab a beer
@1st-Amendment: Ice melts pretty quick when opening the Esky all the time for a beer and adding new warm ones into the mix. The solar panel can also charge a battery so you could go indefinitely.
Ice melts pretty quick when opening the Esky all the time for a beer and adding new warm ones into the mix.
I thought this was Australia and everyone knew how Esky's worked. Clearly not.
A good Esky properly packed will easily last a day. Long enough for 'a day at the beach'.
The solar panel can also charge a battery so you could go indefinitely.
How long do you normally spend at the beach? I'd love to see you carting a fridge, solar panel and full battery setup just for a day at the beach…
@1st-Amendment: Drive onto the beach use the solar panel then plug the fridge into the car battery when it's dark. Tee total passenger drives you home at the end of the day.
+40 degree day opening any Esky constantly for beer (as you do) will not see ice last long.
But hey I'm not here to convince you, eskies are fine for a quick trip to the beach.
@1st-Amendment: We literally spend weeks on the beach every year. I camp with a mate that uses ice as best you can and he can't make it last longer than 3 days. It's a bummer when you've driven hundreds of kms and you need to pack up because of no other reason than you ran out of ice.
HOWEVER, I do agree that for most people, ice is a much better value proposition.
You would need to connect it to a battery. Then you run a fridge or charge devices off the battery. Good for camping :)
Link to Kmart battery:
https://www.kmart.com.au/product/rechargeable-deep-cycle-agm…
Lead acid 🤢
Hippies used to advocate the recreational use of acid, Mengers. Has that now changed?
Why go camping and bring this when you can go glamping and have a frij in the cabin? Next to the spa.
Why do any of that ludicrous crap, when you could quite simply enjoy all the mod cons by staying at home?
Nuclear Zombie apocalipse!
1 available Westfield Bondi and 1 in Roselands if anyone needs it.
None show up for order.
Bondi gone. Roselands available for C+C.
Nope
Typical whingey eastern-statesers reporting the deal for insufficient quantity.
If I stick thisnon my roof and connect it to an inverter how much power can I sell back to the grid?
Yes
Damn you beat me to it!
Yes
His retirement plans sorted.
yep you can do that.
you get a whopping 6c/KWh according to current feed-in-tariff rates
So let's say that 160w panel isn't 100% efficient and only manages to pump out 100w/h, best case you get 10h worth of sunlight per day, so that's 6c/day.
yet when you use 1kwh the grid charges you about 30c for that… so better off using the power instead.
so if u buy 100 panels u get 6 bucks
jackpot enuff to buy a beer
living the dream
you get a whopping 6c/KWh
I've just been offer 2c/KWh here in Qld.
Still on 20c till November
You sound like you have it half worked out already.
The 160W is the big clue, the hours you leave it connected are the other giveaway.
guess you can crypto mine in the daytime, will that get you more than selling back into the grid ?
I purchased this couple of years ago, crap solar cells, died within a year, replaced it under warranty. It took 3 months for them to replace. The second one had issues as well returned it for full refund. I wouldn't even pay $60 bucks for it.
Thanks. I missed the deal. Now I am glad I didn’t buy
The cells or the reg? Usually its the crappy reg that fails. (I haven't actually used these panels, but have a couple of these $66 120Ws which I would assume would be in the same quality category. First thing I did was remove the included reg and use with a Victron, panels have been working well)
@bamzero:The reg on this was absolutely carp, funny as I had few spare Victron reg, I thought of replacing them as I couldn't be bothered getting a refund, but when I opened the panels and saw the state of the solar cells being soldered together, I was pretty much shocked, lots of dry solder joints, looked like they had given a 9yr old to solder(I think even an 9 year old can do a better job), so decided not to waste my reg on a panel that wouldn’t even last a year so decided against repair and got my refund.
The reg on this was absolutely carp
They may as well use a fish, probably do a better job :D
@bamzero: I know you can’t expect much from included tiny regulator. If the rig was decent, I would have reused the panel, the monocrystalline cells on this were decent. As we know it doesn’t matter which solar panel you buy in this price rage, it would come out of the same factory. There was lots of hard work involved in soldering all the tracks on this panel (which I have done previously on other panels to fit on my RV), it was not worth time spent to save the cells.
Peak conversion efficiency 70%???? Is it alien technology????
i feel like this panel make no sense
the output is 1 amp usb so its like a weak charger
but the output via alligator clips isnt much anyway to charge a 12v car battery???
assuming the Z grade silicon lasts for any length of time.
The solar controller sucks, but the panels are fine. It’s not intended to charge your phone with an earth shattering 160w, it’s meant to charge your 12v battery which will buffer your high wattage load. The usb is just for convenience and doesn’t even work without a battery attached anyway
Was looking for something like this for my doomsday bunker. Thanks OP
Due to CEC regulations Australia throws out thousands of tonnes of solar panels every year (some have never been used). Most will be around 35V, but you can bring that down to 12v easy enough with a DC stepdown module from eBay for about $3. Check your local installers.. guarantee their skip bins will be over flowing with them. Won't be able to use them on your house, but they are fine on an off grid van etc. In fairness, will be 1 x 1.5m (so not as easy to transport), but on average will be around 260w.
Any chance you can explain more?
What and why are they being produced for if they are just being thrown out?
Manufacturers need to pay $5k for their panels to be listed on an govt approved website. This listing lasts 3 years. Manufacturers naturally create new models, and therefore pay to list the new models, and don't bother paying to renew the old models listing.
Now if you still have the old panel in stock and the listing has expired, you need to bin it. Same if you are looking to add capacity to an old system. Once the listing ends, it can't be touched.
Just to confirm. The panels (if installed in time) can be left there forever. However, once the listing ends, if you touch them or modify them in anyway, they must be binned.
CEC tries to palm it off under 'safety', but bugger all changes in 3 years. Reality ..it's all about the money $$
But it does mean there are HEAPS of solar panels in landfill as recycling takes more energy than can be saved
https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/recycling-solar-panel-wa…
So it's pretty easy to get a >160w panel for zero.
So it's pretty easy to get a >160w panel for zero.
Where, plz?
Local solar installer / importer. They have to pay to dump them
Sounds like an opportunity for a 'recycling' program. If you went about it the right way the government would probably even pay you to take them.
@tunzafun001: Meh. Unless you give proof I doubt this is true. Give me the name of 5 random local installers/importers and I will call them all asking about this. I bet they’ll just tell me to piss off. Any normal business out there just won’t waste stuff they can make $ off it
@Nedkellyinthebush: Check the link above. It costs $10 per panel to dispose of. Don't know what local is to you.. I drive past Go solar/ Sunterras skip bin every day…it's over flowing. There are literally 1000 installers.
Local solar installer / importer. They have to pay to dump them
I called local Warringah solar business guys, they said nope :)
@tunzafun001: "Thank you for your email! I have heard of this before, however, unfortunately we do not usually do this and actually do not have any panels that are outdated or no longer in use." Northern beaches solar installer. A asked about CEC expiry
Do u need cec to sell them as offgrid camping panels?
Can you link a charge regulator that will take 35V? How efficiently does it step down to 12V?
Due to CEC regulations Australia throws out thousands of tonnes of solar panels every year (some have never been used)
The green revolution in action. Just wait til all those wind generators need their blades replaced, we're going to need bigger landfills for all this waste…
Poo, none in stock anywhere nearby :/