Two of the jackery solar panels came today.
The last time I watched a bunch of videos on solar power I ended up getting a bunch of silver and gold video suggestions.
The solar panels are easy to use and come with 5v USB and USB c outputs in addition to the main outputs to connect to the battery / generator.
I need to review the basic components of a solar generator. Also the problems of I want power during an outage and I want to offset my energy costs from the grid are two very different problems.
In any case if possible I’d like to be able to switch off of the grid during an outage and have roof panels charge a battery. This requires a charge regulator + battery. That’s what the jackery solar generator is and it also handles AC out which is also its own thing. But because it handles the charge regulation I think I just need a switch to send DC out to the jackery power station?
It is definitely nice though that the solar panels can be used independently of the power station for simple DC charging like laptops and phones. The ease of use comes at an extra cost though.
https://www.harborfreight.com/7-amp-solar-charge-regulator-96728.html
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