solar battery charger

[Stihl123]

guys, looking at fitting a solar panel battery charger on the front of my tipper to keep battery charged. i've seen it done but not sure what kit they've used

anyone on here done it, if so, what kit did you use please?

 

plenty online but alot of good reviews as well as bad so thought i'd ask first!

 

cheers

[nepia]

I got

Solar Battery Charger | Part No. 77108 | Part of the Battery Chargers range from Gunson

WWW.GUNSON.CO.UK

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Gunson 77108 Solar Battery Charger part of the Battery Chargers range of tools.

 a couple of weeks ago.  It's been out in the weather for the last week and the little green light  - =charging - was still glowing this morning.

[eggsarascal]

If you want quality, (at a price) contact bimble https://www.bimblesolar.com/

 

otherwise any cheap panel from the bay with its own built in regulater will do the job.

[Macpherson]

2 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

If you want quality, (at a price) contact bimble https://www.bimblesolar.com/

 

otherwise any cheap panel from the bay with its own built in regulater will do the job.

Ta, I've been looking for a tip to a quality supplier of this sort of stuff.

[dig-dug-dan]

9 hours ago, Stihl123 said:

guys, looking at fitting a solar panel battery charger on the front of my tipper to keep battery charged. i've seen it done but not sure what kit they've used

anyone on here done it, if so, what kit did you use please?

 

plenty online but alot of good reviews as well as bad so thought i'd ask first!

 

cheers

I have done just this to the tipper and the tilt bed to keep the batteries 

Topped up. I got mine from Amazon. Even in winter they seem to charge ok!

[Stihl123]

thank you

i'll probably try one of these in this case, we'll see what happens!

 

12V, 6 WATT SOLAR MAINTAINER - UPTO 200AH | Halfords UK

WWW.HALFORDS.COM

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Shop the latest Halfords Solar Battery Maintainer 12v 6W at Halfords UK

 

[nepia]

2 hours ago, dig-dug-dan said:

I have done just this to the tipper and the tilt bed to keep the batteries 

Topped up. I got mine from Amazon. Even in winter they seem to charge ok!

And you're why I bought mine.  Well - that and the fact that I ran the tipping battery down; doh.

 

Thanks.

[Rob_the_Sparky]

Not used this but a 15W panel should work much better than a 6W and doesn't cost a lot more.

 

Sunshine 15W Solar Car Battery Saver/Maintainer - Sunshine Solar

WWW.SUNSHINESOLAR.CO.UK

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The Sunshine 15W Solar Car Battery Saver/Maintainer is perfect for keeping car batteries maintained whilst not in...

 

Say your battery is 70Ah (I would image that it will be more than this) then from flat a 6W charger would take at least  140hours to charge it.  That is if you could achieve 6W, which is probably the peak output of the panel in full sun (6W = 0.5A at 12V).  I doubt a 6W panel will do much more than maintain a battery charge as the actual power output achieved will be much lower when it is not in full sun.

 

Note: speaking from theory, not practice, but you see what I mean.  A 6W panel will help but don't expect it to rapidly charge anything.

 

P.S. a quick search shows that a basic mains batter charger from Halfords is putting out more than 5A, so more than 10 times the peak power you will get from a 6W panel.

Edited June 18, 2020 by Rob_the_Sparky
Added main charger note