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Rv Solar Panels are not all made Equal

Solar Panels and the choices, Brand and wattage, How do we choose which is right for us. Well there are many solar panel types and sizes, all will use the suns Uv rays and covert them into usable 12 volt power but not all panels are made equal. Please let me explain.

There a lot of ways you can get solar panels and from many different sources and brands Such as Sharp or BP solar. You can buy the solar cells themselves (wire them together) purchase a suitable frame, and assemble, connect them in a frame of your choice then cover with glass or you can purchase either the “black panel” or the “blue panel”.

Option 1 – Monocrystalline Black panels are cheaper to purchase but can be affected by low light and incorrect positioning of the panels. These panels will still do the job but they do have there draw backs. These panels are normally more in the watts department but don’t be fooled by the output of the panel.

Option 2 – Polycrystalline Blue or Green panels on the other hand are quite a bit more expensive but the benefits of these panels is that they are shade tolerant (which simply means will work better in the early and late evenings compared to the Black type).

In my humble option, I would suggest you go with the Polycrystalline (shade tollerant) panel you will thank yourself in the long run. I have installed 3 x 125watt at 7.16 amps max sharp panels in  (which have been superseded to 130watts now) in parallel (which means mulipling the amps 7.16amps x 3 panels) in my parents setup which will produce at max 21.4 amps to the batteries.