Plays For Jeeps
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Allentown PA
Just curious. I was at Harbor Freight today and saw their $45 3 square foot 12v battery charging solar panels.
I was wondering if anyone ever mounted one of these to their roofs under their racks and ran it to a spare battery in a box also mounted on the roof.
I do a fair amount of camping and thought that having the panels hooked up to the battery all day while wheeling and then hooking the battery up to the jeep at night for AC or the radio would be a good idea. Pretty cheap too.
$45 for the panel
$9 for the Sealed Marine Battery box from autozone
$10 for random wires and such
$25 for a battery from the Deka battery plant down the street.
$90 for electric at night camping.
Am I just going too far here? Or am I onto something?
Thanks guys.
I was wondering if anyone ever mounted one of these to their roofs under their racks and ran it to a spare battery in a box also mounted on the roof.
I do a fair amount of camping and thought that having the panels hooked up to the battery all day while wheeling and then hooking the battery up to the jeep at night for AC or the radio would be a good idea. Pretty cheap too.
$45 for the panel
$9 for the Sealed Marine Battery box from autozone
$10 for random wires and such
$25 for a battery from the Deka battery plant down the street.
$90 for electric at night camping.
Am I just going too far here? Or am I onto something?
Thanks guys.