Solar Energy
Eco-worthy 100w solar panel kit with leisure battery on garden shed – 1 year review
This is a quick video of our 100w solar kit set up on our garden shed. It was a kit brought from Amazon and a leisure battery brought from eBay. After a year it is still going strong and is being used to charge battery packs, which can then be used in the house to charge phones, tablets, headphones, etc. It has worked well, especially in the summer but no so much in the winter. The next step is to add another panel and then an inverter to run 240v devices via a 3 pin plug.
Solar kit: https://amzn.to/46hXN8m
Battery terminal connectors: https://www.halfords.com/motoring/battery-maintenance/battery-accessories/halfords-negative-battery-terminal-connector-165373.html
Battery: https://amzn.to/3SJ5xwW
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Thanks for video. Just a wee heads up – I have the same controller as you and the built in usb sockets do not power off when battery goes below minimal setting. The controller only cuts power to the output terminals beside the solar in and battery terminals. With a big battery like yours it may not matter but I bought a wee socket with two usb slots on it and wired it through a switch and into the power out terminals. That way when the battery goes below minimal setting it kills power and prevents battery from getting damaged from over discharge
1:35 “Nice neat job”… crikey. If that’s your idea of a neat job I dread to think what your idea of a messy job would be.
Those connections on the charge controller tho..made me cringe.
Greetings from Jamaica.
Did u get the inverter eventually?
I have one of these but the programming behaviour really doesn't match up with any of the instructions I'm finding across the web. I can coax it into showing me a few things like Po Co C1 C2 C3 L F etc with long and short red button presses but no idea what any of them mean. How does your unit react when you press the red button for programming?
Was wondering, if you pay £60 for a battery , and your only using to charge small items, would it not be cheaper just to use the mains, I want one of these for emergency if the mains goes out
Your battery is single terminals the one online showing what you bought is double terminals
Nice video. Thank you
Does the solar panel only show up on the display when charging? It's not showing on our display, but the batter is fully charged, so I assumed the solar panel only shows on the display when it charges
Hi can you give me an idea what you can power with it
I am looking at the foldable now
Wing nuts, are you nuts they are battery terminals.
Just starting my first Solar install an Eco worthy 1,360 watt solar system 8 x 170w panels to the side of my house, very impressed by the first panel that I have tested, open voltage circuit gave me 20.6 volts at midday and 15.6v as the sun nearly set even in shadow and facing away from the sun up to the open sky above. Will try to document the build in photos and a YouTube Video and then a 1 year video showing some stats on the energy provided. Thanks for the video, gives me some confidence :) Please see my other comment below about the wires on your charge controller, the bare wire needs to be shorter for your own safety :) Stay Safe
Hi, love the straightforward video. Do you know if you can add another battery and panel to this kit? Thanks
Have you measured the actual wattage coming from it? I have a little 10w panel and it only comes up at 6.5 max in direct sunshine. so just wondering what you get in reality
Fantastic video, really covedrf everything and made it easy to see what to buy, the best and most practical review I’ve ever seen.
Using mine for a heat lamp in a chicken coop, been having problems with the heat lamp turning off after a short while and the inverter beeping
I am surprised you were able to do this video, I am amazed the shed hasn't caught fire with the way the system has been wired, the wiring should be fitted with crimped and insulated fittings so that NO bare wires could cause fire or harm to anyone. stay safe
How many amp in normal day? Good video
Nice setup!