On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:18:47 GMT, m II
wrote:

Anyone hooked up any photovoltaic panels for battery charging? I've been
offered two 75 watt panels and it might be fun to power some small loads
through a battery storage setup.

Major pitfalls? Clouds?

Determining battery charge level at any given time.
which is directly related to choosing the cell
chemistry/properties for the application/s needs
For 75 watts, perhaps some over engineering (depends on
application) since that is a peak rarely achieved power output
spec no doubt..

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