120 watt solar panels

any thoughts on this deal?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6048631440&category=41981 &ssPageName=STORE:PROMOBOX:NEWLIST

Price is slightly high if you are going to buy more than a couple.
Make sure the top and bottom panel are covered with plywood and banded to the stack, no matter what anybody tells you. I have had two shipments of panels with the top unit broken each time and the shipping companies will not cover shit. Make sure you inspect them right on the dock and note any damage before you leave on the Bill of Lading. The bix they get them in is not suitable for reshipping.
Good luck
"Frank" wrote in message

any thoughts on this deal?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6048631440&category=41981 &ssPageName=STORE:PROMOBOX:NEWLIST

Unless my math skills have gone away, 6.82 amps is about 30 Short of 120 watts. Solar Flare is correct about the shipping.

Also consider Sharpe 200 Watt panels cost some thing close to $800 but worth it...I got 4 of it and keep adding it gradually to built my system upto 2000 watts
"Frank" wrote in message

any thoughts on this deal?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6048631440&category=41981 &ssPageName=STORE:PROMOBOX:NEWLIST

Some 130's here for the same price http://store.solar-electric.com/kc-120.html
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any thoughts on this deal?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6048631440&category=41981 &ssPageName=STORE:PROMOBOX:NEWLIST

17.6 volts x 6.82 amps = what?
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Unless my math skills have gone away, 6.82 amps is about 30 Short of 120 watts. Solar Flare is correct about the shipping.

In article , "Windsun" wrote:

17.6 volts x 6.82 amps = what?
------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bob" wrote in message Unless my math skills have gone away, 6.82 amps is about 30 Short of 120 watts. Solar Flare is correct about the shipping

except that you never get 6.82 Amps @ 17.6 Volts,,,,17.6 volts is open circuit voltage, and 6.82 Amps id Short circuit Amps...... you can't get both conditions at the same time.........
do the math...Read the Spec's.......

Wrong again.
17.6 is the voltage AT MAXIMUM POWER. Open circuit is 22 volts.
6.82 is the amps AT MAXIMUM POWER. Short circuit is 7.4.

do the math...Read the Spec's.......

I would suggest that YOU are the one that should read the specs.
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In article , "Windsun" wrote:
17.6 volts x 6.82 amps = what?
------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bob" wrote in message Unless my math skills have gone away, 6.82 amps is about 30 Short of 120 watts. Solar Flare is correct about the shipping
except that you never get 6.82 Amps @ 17.6 Volts,,,,17.6 volts is open circuit voltage, and 6.82 Amps id Short circuit Amps...... you can't get both conditions at the same time.........
do the math...Read the Spec's.......

Hi Frank,
A couple of days ago I took a good look at the panels on Ebay and frankly did not find them cheaper than some of the retail sites I have been looking at like, for instance, www.solar-electric.com who have Kyocera 130 Watt solar electric panel for $595 and they have Evergreens for a lot less. And solar electric folks have been in business for quite a while.
Larry

You wrote:

In article , "Windsun" wrote:
17.6 volts x 6.82 amps = what?
------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bob" wrote in message Unless my math skills have gone away, 6.82 amps is about 30 Short of 120 watts. Solar Flare is correct about the shipping
except that you never get 6.82 Amps @ 17.6 Volts,,,,17.6 volts is open circuit voltage, and 6.82 Amps id Short circuit Amps...... you can't get both conditions at the same time.........

Perhaps, but those numbers are the way every panel I've looked at has been rated. � �

do the math...Read the Spec's.......

Read the spec's what? Oh, the specs.
I've got Evergreen, BP, Siemens and Sharp panels and the Evergreens seem as good as the others. �The only thing wrong with the particular deal was that the price is nothing special. -- derek

lgreenwood@srt.com wrote:

Hi Frank,
A couple of days ago I took a good look at the panels on Ebay and frankly did not find them cheaper than some of the retail sites I have been looking at like, for instance, www.solar-electric.com who have Kyocera 130 Watt solar electric panel for $595 and they have Evergreens for a lot less. And solar electric folks have been in business for quite a while.

Yeah. I don't know kyocera - I doubt they're worth that much more than Evergreen. I like Evergreen. I like eBay too, but I don't buy PV panels from there any more (I think I got a couple - no problem, it's just not the place for good deals on PV panels). -- derek

Right! All things being equal then buy from a good vendor.
Larry

www.sunelec.com has some pretty good prices too.
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Hi Frank,
A couple of days ago I took a good look at the panels on Ebay and frankly did not find them cheaper than some of the retail sites I have been looking at like, for instance, www.solar-electric.com who have Kyocera 130 Watt solar electric panel for $595 and they have Evergreens for a lot less. And solar electric folks have been in business for quite a while.
Larry

There you are!
Larry

I might add that if you don't know about kyocera panels, then don't be crtical of them!
Larry