Solar Generators

[bountyhunter69]

has anyone had any dealings with the solar generator? i found a site,mysolarbackup.com the company is Solutions From Science in Thompson,il..was looking if anyone had or kno anyone who has had dealings both good or bad with this company or this solar generator..do tell plz im going to go solar soon

[Bearman202]

I don't have any direct experience with them, but a friend who has done a lot of research into solar told me they are expensive, so check around. Compare, compare, compare....

[trkarl]

Basically with that "generator" they sell you are getting a bunch of pipe dreams for a lot of money. For the same amount of money you can build a much more robust system that will actually produce a bit of usable power.

You could buy 2 of these for $1000

http://www.solarblvd.com/Solar-Panels-&-Systems-Individual-Solar-Panels-100---170-Watt-%2812%29/c1_25_42/p2396/Two-Sunwize-100-Watt-12-Volt-Plus-Morningstar-SS-MPPT-15L-Free!/product_info.html

That gives you 400 watts at 12v vs their 90 watts

1800 watt msw inverter with 3 ft cables $465.00

http://www.donrowe.com/inverters/xm_1800.html

You could buy a cheaper one but I chose this one.

2 golf cart batteries for 220 amp/hr capacity appr $ 200.00
compared to their, and I'm almost embarrassed to say this, 51 amp/hr battery which won't power s#$t especially if you run your microwave like they claim.

and about $50.00 for some battery interconnects and wire to connect the cc's.

We're looking at about the same price for 4x the system.

You can go with a cheaper inverter and probably find the batteries at Sam's or somewhere cheaper than 100.00 to save some bux.