New solar panel my first.. It does not indicate DC or AC
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Howard Boone
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New solar panel my first.. It does not indicate DC or AC
an eBay purchase ultimately decided not to get the dashboard plugin solar panel but this one there had find more watt = 10. it has a white frame.. Blue cells.. And two wires.. A listing of amps volts and Watts.. But I cannot determine or contemplate why doesn't it say DC current.. In truth I am so new I've only heard ac solar panels. and this is my first day on the form.
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just4havinfun
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Re: New solar panel my first.. It does not indicate DC or AC
Solar panels put out a DC current. There are solar panels on the market that have DC to AC inverters built in.
Re: New solar panel my first.. It does not indicate DC or AC
Howard Boone wrote:an eBay purchase ultimately decided not to get the dashboard plugin solar panel but this one there had find more watt = 10. it has a white frame.. Blue cells.. And two wires.. A listing of amps volts and Watts.. But I cannot determine or contemplate why doesn't it say DC current.. In truth I am so new I've only heard ac solar panels. and this is my first day on the form.
Most likely what you have is a 10 watt solar panel designed to charge a 12 volt car battery. It is very small so you could connect it to a standard sized car battery permanently with no problem.
You cannot do this with larger solar panels without using a charge controller though.