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HOW MUCH CURRENT CAN YOU MAKE WITH A SOLAR PANEL?
Question by Mitch:
How much current can you make with a solar panel?
I would like to put solar panels on my automobile to run a hydrogen booster, the problem is that a hydrogen booster requires 25 to 30 amps to be efficient. Is it possible to create this many amps at 12 volts using only solar panels?
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Answer by markomakazi
absolutely, if your Captain America
Answer by Light Knight
Short answer – No.
Long answer – Yes it could be done but…
You might wire together 12 volt panels in parallel to achieve a 30 amp output under best conditions. One problem is that this would take quite a few panels that would take up considerable roof space.
Another problem is that would only be on a clear day with the panels tilted towards the sun. Unless you are driving on the Equator at local noon, the panels would not lay flat on the roof.
Answer by Knowledge Is Power
How much current can you make with a solar panel? Not enough usable current
Hm, that is a bit confusing your speaking about 25 to 30 amps. Did you not know that a automobiles electrical system is more than capable of producing 90 to 120 amps. Run that hydrogen booster electrolysis device on the automobiles electrical system instead of decorating your car with all those inefficient highly unattractive sun catchers…
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about 3 months ago
Sure. Just hook enough in series to make 12 v. Then measure the current. It will probably be less than one amp. Say it is 2 amps. Then you will need 12 to 14 other groups wired in series like the first group. Wire those groups in parallel to the first group. I would guess that you are talking several thousand dollars worth of solar panels to make 600 watts. About 10 of this will do you: http://www.amazon.com/Sunforce-50042-50-Watt-Amorphous-Solar/dp/B001U7VN4E
about 3 months ago
Not enough for that mobile application. Watts of the panel is equal to the nominal voltage times the current. Or put another way, the current output of a panel is the wattage divided by the nominal voltage.
about 3 months ago
You’d need over 500W of solar for that, something like 4 of these 135W panels in parallel, http://www.altestore.com/store/Solar-Panels/Kyocera-KD135GX-LPU-135W-12V-Solar-Panel/p7655/. Unfortunately, unless you are driving an RV, you probably don’t have enough room for that.