How To Install Harbor Freight Solar Panels Part 3


Fourteen Harbor Freight individual solar panels from their 45 Watt kits. They are mounted on 2×4 frames with seven panels each giving 210 Watts of power for …

25 thoughts on “How To Install Harbor Freight Solar Panels Part 3”

  1. I see your set up was done 3 years ago Do the HF solar cells still function well 3 years later ? Im looking to? build a system soon, but Im still not sure where to buy the kit from..

  2. check out ABOUTSOLARCELLS.COMXA.COM you can find all necessary information about solar panel,and everything that has to do with. I am a beginner but I liked the? program…… even cost me a bit and I managed to build.. ABOUTSOLARCELLS.COMXA.COM I hope to help

  3. Get some decent solar panels, and use a? solar grid tie inverter, Eliminates the need for battery’s and charge controller. I just bought a 500w wind grid tie inverter for $170. ebay. Solar are even cheaper.

  4. ok i apreccc the lead,,,,,,ill chk them out see if i can get a little education,,in pwr panels,,for the size id like? to see more than 45 watts f/all the space taken up,,very limited on room,,& aftnoon sun here thanks,, thou shalt hv no other gods before me,,,but i might ,praise the sun a little???set up a solar panel offering haha

  5. Yes, go to sunelect(dot)com and shop around, they got great prices on large? wattage panels plus they have everything else you need as well.

  6. ANY SUGGESTIONS ONTHE BETTER BIGGER PANELS,,MORE PIWER PER PANEL,,I ONLY WANT TO BUY ONCE,,I DIDNT KNOW PANELS HAD DIFF POWER VALUES EVEN THOUGH THE SAME SIZE,,,WHER? E SHLD I LOOK ???

  7. you would need to buy a charge controller rated for at at least 150 watts which is how much ten of those panels can put out. Your best bet is to get your panels elsewhere, get a single 200 watt panel for a much lower price per watt and a charge controller for? it. The nice thing about the HF kits is just that it is a kit and it will all work together and is therefore a good way to learn.

  8. Google yellawood, it is pressure treated pine, it just doesn’t look green, it looks like pine. I would go with fewer higher capacity panels which are lower cost and easier to install.?

  9. i was goona say ,,all that work they had to be treated ,,w/something ,,dont know wht yellawood is???dont hv? it in these parts,,just typical,,pres treated,,o wld like to lay my panels flat like that ,,i hv low pitch roof too,,so im wondering how am i gonna keep the snow off,6inch of light snow prob ok but we get rain on top of the snow too,,damn good insulation,,but,,,wld bend that glass poss break?i dont get enough sun f/30 deg,also is it cheaper f/1 or2 panels f/200 watts as oppose to the 14

  12. All of my solar panels (including? the Sharp and DuPont panels) are covered with glass. I don’t know of any brand of solar panels that are covered with plexy as that will deteriorate over the years and turn opaque yellow. I don’t have any protection on them, the glass is tempered like the glass on a car and it is angled so it will deflect a lot of the impact force. I have never lost a panel to hail nor know of anyone that has- so I’m not going to worry about it..

  13. I live in the Texas Panhandle and we get lots of hail here. If you are in Texas you may as well. The thing I have noticed with the Harbor Freight panels is they have glass not plexi covering the cells. not sure if yours do or not.? If they do how do you plan to protect them from hail damage?We loose a lot of sky lights here in the panhandle and lots of home owners use a type of grill mesh covering over their skylights. This might cut light penetration but would protect the panels.

  14. Nice video..You can? also hire someone to do the whole set-up for you. If you’re really serious you could look around, do some research and call some companies for quotes on materials and/or labor.

  15. can someone tell me if i have 10 Harbor freight solar panels,what do i need to hook tem up.to work together.as for? as connecting them together.in the Harbor Freight connector only have a 3 prong splitter..Thks in advance

  17. it usually gets windy when clouds cover the sun, good? idea using wind generators with the solar.

  19. Correct me if im? wrong but would it have been cheaper to buy a bigger panel rather then a bunch of small harbor frieght ones.

  20. Mr Al…question…you mention a T240 transformer so you can run your well…I need to be able to run mine also…what exactly is that transformer or better yet where can I get? one…? Thanks so much for these awesome videos!

  21. can u possibly? give a detail of you wall panel inside your shed? breakers, dump load, etc.. what exactly is there and how is it wired?

  22. The federal government had a tax exception that? ran until last year that you could claim up to 30% of the investment as a tax exemption, additionally,? some cities and power companies have more incentives available to help you pay for it.

  23. The? federal government had a deal that ran until last year that you could claim up to 30% of the investment as a tax exemption, additional some cities and power companies have more incentives available to help you pay for it.

  24. Excellent question! Question of the year right there! Please reply? Molten Mozzeralla

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