Recent content by wildelaw

One panel is complete, three more to go.

I'm using standard Solar Panel connectors (MC4) and I'm planning on using an MC4 to Anderson adapter (~$9 from Amazon) to connect to a Harbor Freight Predator power station. I could always adapt a different plug, that could be mounted panel to panel but that would force into all be in series or...

First panel complete with a lot of room for improvement. Next panel will have the positive and negative leads swapped (oops, forgot to check the layout of junction box), thinner layer of epoxy resin to resolve some weight issues (read the blog above for the details), and use silicone easy...

I just did the resin flood coat on the first tonneau solar panel. The most I can get of out each panel is only 72 watts which is up to 288 watts for the whole bed... but it is better than nothing and can power a small refrigerated cooler (avg. consumption of 45 watts per hour).

I'm building them as all separate panels with the standard solar pigtails. This way it is easy to build replacements or use them as actual solar panels on my workshop-shed. I looked at several options for direct connects between panels, but I wanted the ability to have blank panels or specialty...

I have a 2023 R1T without a tonneau cover and was looking for manual cover options. The cheapest I found was $1000 and didn't want to spend that much without thinking about better options. I crated a wrapped 3 panel plywood option with steal L beams for sag-prevention, but I was thinking I...