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Originally Posted by babock
I am about to buy 2 of them. What price did you end up getting them at including shipping?
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Look at WindyNation.com and Renogy.com. Renogy will cost a bit more, but their panel frames might be a little heavier and their roof mount brackets are wide and offer two screw hole on the roof side compared to Windy Nation.
You can also cross check them on Amazon, but price is about the same direct or through amazon.
We have installed a bunch of WindyNation stuff for our friends and out of about 20 WN panels we have installed, over the last three or four years, no problems have surfaced.
Been tempted try the Renogy brackets but so far the little WN z bracket have been just fine.
The WN kits are easy. He ships free UPS. We order the wire upgraded to 10ga from their standard 12 ga and be sure to order his better (about $15 buck more) PWM controller.
Then it takes some one inch #12 or #14 sheet metal screws,. Some extra 10 or 8 ga wire and some fuses -- OH and a tube of Dicor.
We then run a 2000 Watt Samlex pure sine wave inverter a few hours a day and check the batteries every few months. The trailer sits at our house when not in use. We never shut the main battery disconnect off and never have to even think about our state of charge. On day I might add two hundred watts more but probably not til I find a way to mount more batteries.