- Assembled professionally with Suntech Mono-crystalline solar cells (in a worldwide shortage
- TUV certified junction box with cable with MC connector
- By-pass diode to minimize power drop caused by shade
- Anti-reflective high transparency tempered glass
- Class II black color coated aluminum alloy frame
Product Description
This is a 20 Watt Mono-crystalline Portable Waterproof Solar Panel in black color (very rare) aluminum frame to charge your 12V battery or to run your science projects. The rare black color frame looks very nice. It is in a factory new package and is 100% brand new. The solar panel is assembled by Suntech, one of the highest quality solar cell makers. It is also waterproof. The working voltage for charging is 18V. If you need to use it to charge a car battery, you m… More >>
20 Watt Black Frame Mono-crystalline Solar Panel and Battery Charger
Monocrytal panels are the best and last longest. This is an excellent price and is the cheapest 20w panel I’ve found. Get ’em while you can.
Rating: 4 / 5
Item arrived in record time and in good condition as of this time it is functioning as advertised. I would recommend this company to others and would order again myself.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’m very pleased with the performance of the panels and with the way that they look. They perform quite well in portable applications and this is why they come with alligator clip connectors installed from the factory. Works great for charging batteries in diesel generators, car batteries, and even charging a deep cycle battery bank during the day for running a laptop at night. If you’re planning to run your whole house or do something substantial with solar power, get yourself a solar array with 120 watt or higher panels wired in parallel in a 12 volt system. These portable solar panels are good to tinker with so you don’t have to tinker on very expensive solar array systems that are better left un-tinkered with.
Rating: 5 / 5
I purchased four of these solar panels. Three of the panels worked correctly right out of the box. The fourth one did not work, and upon some inspection, I found that one of the solder joints to a wire was not soldered. The solar panel had no power output. I repaired the solder joint myself, and now the fourth solar panel works correctly. Overall, I am very satisfied with the way these panels function. In the sun, they perform as expected. I will probably buy more of these solar panels in the future and would recommend them to anyone wanting a compact, powerful solar panel.
Rating: 4 / 5
Don’t expect 20 Watts from this product. This is the second purchase of the Extreme Power Corp’s 20W Solar Panel. The first unit did not meet the specifications defined on the label attached to the rear of the panel so I purchased this second unit to determine if the first unit was faulty. The second unit performed the same way. Here are the details:
I tested the two units at 1000W/Sq. Meter in the sun (Calibration by Davis Weather station solar sensor) at 25 degC and 55 degC into a resistive 16 ohm load (VPmax/IPmax). Here are the results, spec. values in parenthesis:
Open Circuit Voltage 19.4 volts (21.18V)
P Max at 25deg C – 16.5 Watts (20 Watts)
P Max at 55deg C – 12.8 Watts (Not specified but usual operating temp)
Voltage at Pmax – 14.45 at 55 deg C (17.5 at 25 deg C)
Short Circuit Current at 55 deg C 1.0 Amps (1.33 Amps at 25 deg C)
I reported these resulte to Extreme Power Corp but there has been no comment. Two points to bear in mind. 1. – There is a tendancy to overspecify solar panel performance and 2. – Specifications are for performance at 25 deg C and no solar panel operates at this temperature.
The maximum power output under any load conditions that I can get from these panels when cool (immediately after exposing to the sun) and at 1000 W/Sq. is 16.6 Watts.
In operation do not expect more than about 14 Watts from these panels – if that is ok then the product, although misprepresented gets a pass.
John Beukers
2009.05.19
Rating: 2 / 5