Good Sam Club Open Roads Forum: Tech Issues: cheap solar panels
Open Roads Forum Already a member? Login here.   If not, Register Today!  |  Help

Newest  |  Active  |  Popular  |  RVing FAQ Forum Rules  |  Forum Posting Help and Support  |  Contact  

Search:   Advanced Search

Search only in Tech Issues

Open Roads Forum  >  Tech Issues

 > cheap solar panels

Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  | 
Page of 3  
Prev  |  Next
bighatnohorse

Cave Creek

Senior Member

Joined: 01/15/2005

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member


Posted: 01/08/23 07:03am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/wuuller.com/
Extremely low trust rating.


2021 Arctic Fox 1150
'15 F350 6.7 diesel dually long bed
Eagle Cap Owners
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
-Yeats

StirCrazy

Kamloops, BC, Canada

Senior Member

Joined: 07/16/2003

View Profile



Posted: 01/08/23 09:08am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

pianotuna wrote:

Hi,

Information here--not a recommendation just letting folks know.

https://www.wuuller.com/products/320-wat........KFfUJ8bSt6bd9pgHxM5yvs0k8L57JhfUzRxq-jLA


thats a little to cheep to be believable. 150 is where I would expect to see that on sale. I get my panels out of sask and I pay 200 for a split cell 340W 24v mono panel.


2014 F350 6.7 Platinum
2016 Cougar 330RBK
1991 Slumberqueen WS100

fj12ryder

Platte City, MO

Senior Member

Joined: 08/19/2003

View Profile



Posted: 01/08/23 09:37am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

profdant139 wrote:

Thanks, piano, for pointing this out -- yes, it might be a scam, but it is worth looking into. As my kids used to say when they were teenagers, "Good lookin' out, dawg!" (I'm not sure where they got that phrase, but it sometimes comes in handy.)
Really, there is no "might be a scam". They post all of this stuff so cheap you don't really feel it's worth it to fight them to get your money back. Guarantee you won't get any solar panels.


Howard and Peggy

"Don't Panic"

3 tons

NV.

Senior Member

Joined: 03/13/2009

View Profile


Offline
Posted: 01/08/23 11:46am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Well how ‘bout a game changing Lithium Higgs Boson (LHB) battery technology that promises twice the energy density of old school LiFePo4’s at less than half the weight, over 30,000 zero to 100% SOC cycles, whereby the effects of aging is offset harnessing the physics of neutrino-streaming immersion! - in addition, cost per watt hour (a function of longevity…) reaches an all time new low..The holy grail of solutions has FINALLY been achieved for both recreational users and for large scale off-hour green energy storage!!

toogoodtobetrue.com

3 tons

time2roll

Southern California

Senior Member

Joined: 03/21/2005

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member


Posted: 01/08/23 11:57am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

What did they say when you asked for an address to pick them up in person to avoid shipping damage?
Will they let you test them (Voc and Isc) before you hand them cash?


2001 F150 SuperCrew
2006 Keystone Springdale 249FWBHLS
675w Solar pictures back up

pianotuna

Regina, SK, Canada

Senior Member

Joined: 12/18/2004

View Profile


Offline
Posted: 01/08/23 12:33pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Dusty R wrote:

I once read that Michigan is the 47th in the 48 Continnetnal States of available Sunshine. So how long does it take to pay for a Solar set up here in Michigan? Is there any info posted on all areas on of how long it takes for Solar Panels pay for themselves?


I'm sure there is less sun in Nunavut than where you live

I'd consider poly rather than mono.

This may help:

https://sunvalue.com/program/?headline=S........K8hF5CGKomIpy_zMN7dZgq-7tshoCMvIQAvD_BwE

How long does it take to earn back your initial investment in solar panels? A solar payback period is the amount of time it takes for property owners who install solar panels to recover their initial investment through electricity savings. In Michigan, the average solar payback period is 11.85 years.

* This post was edited 01/08/23 12:55pm by pianotuna *


Regards, Don
My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start.

ktmrfs

Portland, Oregon

Senior Member

Joined: 06/22/2005

View Profile


Offline
Posted: 01/09/23 10:22am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

note that these (according to the spec sheet) are NOT 12V panels!!!!!!!!!!!!

OC voltage is 40V, so I suspect they are a 24V panel or more so you need a MPPT controller to get anything close to rated output if your going to use them for your RV.


2011 Keystone Outback 295RE
2004 14' bikehauler with full living quarters
2015.5 Denali 4x4 CC/SB Duramax/Allison
2004.5 Silverado 4x4 CC/SB Duramax/Allison passed on to our Son!


pianotuna

Regina, SK, Canada

Senior Member

Joined: 12/18/2004

View Profile


Offline
Posted: 01/09/23 12:32pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

The lowest retail price I ever saw for brand new panels was $0.22 cents per watt. The fly in the ointment was you had to order 10 of them. Then the USA started doing protectionist import duties.

For these panels that works out to $70.40

RambleOnNW

Pacific Northwest

Senior Member

Joined: 08/06/2010

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member


Posted: 01/09/23 12:34pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I wouldn’t trust that website at all. All the info is lifted off the Renogy site:

https://www.renogy.com/320-watt-monocrystalline-solar-panel/


2006 Jayco 28', E450 6.8L V10, Bilstein HDs,
Roadmaster Anti-Sway Bars, Blue Ox TigerTrak

ewarnerusa

Helena, Montana

Senior Member

Joined: 12/20/2011

View Profile


Offline
Posted: 01/09/23 03:12pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I've been running across quite a few cycling gear scam sites lately and this site reminds me of those. The site seems "clean" and free of spelling errors or other obvious scam language. But the prices are too good to be true. For the cycling sites, you can go to the "about us" page and look at their listed address and do a Google street view and see that the address is clearly not a sporting goods retailer. Other more savvy folks pointed out web tools that ID the site as suspicious, like they have done here. Too good to be true, they'll happily take your money and deliver no product and hope you don't bother with refund since you spent relatively little. I used paypal with a cycling scam site and got a full refund through them.


Aspen Trail 2710BH | 470 watts of solar | 2x 6V GC batteries | 100% LED lighting | 1500W PSW inverter | MicroAir on air con | Yamaha 2400 gen

Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  | 
Page of 3  
Prev  |  Next

Open Roads Forum  >  Tech Issues

 > cheap solar panels
Search:   Advanced Search

Search only in Tech Issues


New posts No new posts
Closed, new posts Closed, no new posts
Moved, new posts Moved, no new posts

Adjust text size:




© 2023 CWI, Inc. © 2023 Good Sam Enterprises, LLC. All Rights Reserved.