Renogy 100W 12V Solar Panel Starter Kit with 30A PWM Controller

We have a weekend "Get Away" at 7500 feet in the Rockies in Colorado. Boondocking with a 26 foot trailer on our 5 acres. We are now 12 volt solar off grid thanks to this kit. At first we mounted the panel flat, but after some testing we bought a tilt mount and increased our power. This also lets snow and rain slide off. Very important! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IYWBOLA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 We are charging two 75 amp hour deep cell batteries wired parallel and have since added a second panel. After an average day and nights use . . lights (led), furnace or swamp cooler depending on the season, fan, stereo, water pump, etc. . . . the batteries are fully charged by mid afternoon. We plan on adding a third panel and a third battery this summer and then a fourth and a fourth next spring. At that point we may add an inverter, but we are very comfortable with 12 volts. This highlights the a great aspect of this kit, you can expand it. You don't have to buy it all at once. One panel was great for a weekend, two panels gives us almost unlimited use, three will give us extra power. The controller is good for 4 panels. We are coming up on a year with these panels and we couldn't be happier. I usually check to see what the controller is doing in the afternoon, but other then that the kit takes care of itself. I would highly recommend this kit and anything from Renogy. The panels are solidly built and reliable as are the tilt mounts. In my opinion, if you are looking to solar charge an RV or cabin, this is what you want to start with. I was a solar newbie when we first got this kit, but now I'm very comfortable with it. Renogy's videos and instructions are very well done and their customer service is Outstanding! Our first controller was a dud. I called them and explained what it was doing. We got a new controller via second day shipping. The rep also followed up via email to make sure everything was working properly. Very nice guy and very knowledgeable. Last weekend my wife got on the roof and changed the angle of the panels for summer, all the maintenance it should need. :). Those tilt mounts are also great!

Renogy 100 Watts 12 Volts Monocrystalline Solar Starter Kit w/100W Solar Panel + 30A PWM Negative ground Charge Controller + MC4 Connectors +Tray Cable+ Mounting Z Brackets for RV, Boat I purchased this to install on the Roof of my Jeep wrangler (overland built) to serve as a way to charge an auxiliary deep cycle battery which powers my permanently mounted ARB fridge as well as all the camp LED lights and recharge phones and electronic equipment. I was fairly new at this solar thing but did a ton of research on the subject before settling on this. There are tons of off-brand products in this category as well as a vast array of pricing options, both higher and lower than this set up. However, after careful consideration and countless review reading and youtube watching, I decided that this set up was best suited for my application. The problem: I built my Jeep to do some overlanding and one thing that I cannot live with is my ARB fridge which is permanently mounted in the kitchen which sits in the back of the car. The car doesn't have a dual battery system and so the fridge is/was plugged into the cranking battery which is not optimal as you do run the risk of the fridge draining your cranking battery and leaving you stranded (NOTE: Fridge does have a shut off feature which measures the voltage of the battery and turn itself off if said voltage is below "x" volts. Also my Jeep is a standard so I can push it / get a quick tow to get it started and I do always have a battery pack / starter as a precaution...). The solution: Getting an auxiliary battery to supply the fridge (and other accessories) and a solar panel to keep this battery topped off while at camp and on the road. I chose Renogy after my many hours of research because of the name brand recognition and the the many reviews that seem to point at a great company with solid products and good support. So far I can say that the reviews are 100% correct in that I made the right choice. The package arrived well wrapped and precisely as advertised. The panel is solidly built and all the cabling provided is the correct gauge with the proper connectors. I really wanted to get a name brand Charge controller after reading that cheaply made units can both be highly inefficient and could be dangerous. In hindsight I probably would rather the version of the solar charge controller than has the integrated LED screen providing the charging and consumption metrics but price point on this project was met with the simpler unit. I am using some third party units to measure charging metrics and load usage which is fine but does require more wiring. The panel comes with all the brackets to install in on a flat surface and my guess is that 90% of the time people will need to do some custom installation of sort so these brackets, although perfectly adequate for a flat install are useless to me at the moment. All the connections are well made and this gives me no reason to believe that they will not last a long time. Right now in full sun and FLAT on my roof rack (note: flat is not optimal as the sun is never perfectly perpendicular to the panel and a 45 degree angle would be better to adjust for the that) the panel does produce about 5.5/6 AmpH and about 24 volts which according to what I calculated will be more than adequate to keep the smaller deep cycle (35amp hour) battery I am using topped off and run all the accessories I want to run off of it. I intent to post photos of the set up once it's complete as well as add to this review when i have had a chance to use the system to a greater extent.

My wife and I recently purchased a small, off-the-grid cabin in New Mexcio at the beginning of 2014, and we needed some way to power lights, charge our laptop, and run a small electric drill. We purchased this Renogy Solar Panel Starter Kit in hopes that it would do just that. (A word of warning - if you don't know how to use electricity, then you will be spending a lot of time doing your research. For me, I was lucky enough to have a father-in-law who has a degree in electrical engineering, but even then, I've spend several dozen hours reading about solar power set-ups.) In two afternoons, my father-in-law and I hooked everything up. We purchased a small 8 amp-hour AGM battery from Batteries Plus for under $15, and then, we bought a 1000 watt inverter from Bestek. We took a 18 inch by 18 inch piece of plywood, placed some galvanized sheet metal (as a common ground) on the board, and mounted the controller and inverter to the sheet metal. We wired everything with 12 gauge wire, placed 10 amp fuses between all the connections, added a switch to cut the power from the panels, and added a small 12 volt light from an auto parts store (so I can see everything when it is dark). After connecting everything, we added the solar panel, and everything works as advertised. The panel will output around 20 volts or so in full sun, and with inefficiencies in the system, it will run about 65 watts worth of lights (measured with a Kill-a-Watt device) before it dips into the battery's storage. I've drained the 8 amp hour battery down to 50%, and the panel will charge it to nearly 100% (indicated by a flashing light on the controller) in roughly a half hour. After 30 minutes of flashing, the controller will then drop its voltage from 14.4 down to 13.6 to go into float charge mode, and the battery is maintained and ready for usage. I've been experimenting with my whole system for several weeks, and I'm confident (even with my lack of electrical knowledge) that I can take this set-up to my cabin and be able to have some basic electricity. I've run my electric drill, some LED light bulbs, and an iPad charger with no problems. The next step, though, is for me to get a bigger battery (8 amps goes quickly) and to buy a grounding rod/cable and expand the amount of amps that can go to the battery (the 10 amp fuse doesn't allow for much juice). Anyway, I highly recommend Renogy since their controller, panel, and cables all work as advertised (I'll install it with the brackets soon). The packaging is excellent. The instructions were helpful. And overall, I will buy Renogy products in the future (possibly to expand the number of panels, soon).

I ordered this item in the middle of a pandemic where it was on back-order. Apparently I got one of the last ones because it arrived within 3 or 4 days when the Amazon site said it would be available in 30 days. So really happy to receive item quickly and it is a great value for a solar starter kit. I'm using it to power 1-12V deep-cycle batteries on a boat as sole power source. The item is as described and contains all parts, packaged well for shipping. The online and hard copy User's Guide/Installation instructions are well thought out and easy to understand. I was in a hurry to install and could have benefited studying the User's Guide, systematically, but didn't have the time as this is my main source of power. In buying a solar starter kit (from a different buyer on a different platform) I found that one needs to know the exact parts that are needed for individual needs (extension wiring for panel to reach controller 10'-20', and/or z brackets to secure panel in place). Different kits offer different items and leave out other important ones so it's important to check all the parts needed to install before buying and pay attention to the features (lcd screen, usb ports, etc) of the controller. There are also blue tooth units and a phone app to use to track what the panel is doing and the state of the batteries, for an additional charge. In this kit (100W mono panel, 30A controller), the panel works well and will charge 2-12V deep-cycle batteries linked together, at 50% charge level, in two days of direct sunlight to a full float charge. The panel arrived in good shape but I think needs mounted in a permanent location with a metal supporting stand rather than using in a temporary setting. The metal surrounding the panel crystals could be sturdier. The controller is plastic but mounts easily, works well, and is easy to install to the panel and on the wall. I think that this is a really good starter solar kit for those wanting to use and understand solar, for the price, in an off-grid system. I like that the company put the effort into writing a good installation manual and phone app for tracking. Materials used in manufacture could be a little stronger and sturdier in the panel. Tech support is very difficult to reach: the 800 number rings a fast busy signal (permanently), the local phone number in Southern Cal has long waits (27 callers ahead on several occasions), and it takes about 2 days to get an e-mail answer from tech support that gives cut and dried answers from the book and doesn't volunteer extra information. All in all, this purchase was a great value for a well-working product, but along with value be prepared to do a lot of the research/troubleshooting on your own. I hope that after the pandemic, Renogy becomes easier to reach for after sale and tech support.

Just received and installed today and so far it’s really well built, clear instructions, and started working right away. Would very much recommend. I bought a 100 W for my dump trailer battery and I know that may seem like overkill but that will be plenty of power to keep it good and hot for Junk Removal!

This panel and charger combination is performing well beyond my expectations. It provides a charge even in indirect sunlight. Under full sun it's the bee's knees. But there is one potential issue that can be extremely frustrating. I hooked up my panel on my travel trailer per the instructions, but try as I might, I couldn't get it to charge the battery. I had verified that I had continuity through the wiring, got 18-19 volts from the panel itself, but when hooked up to the controller the light saying the panel was connected didn't come on, and I measured zero output from the controller. I double, triple, quadruple checked everything, re-re-re-read the instructions. Nothing . I eventually contacted customer support, and they sent me a new controller. Which had updated instructions. The kit I received had fairly sparse instructions. The instructions for the controller were, evidently, out of date, and missing a piece of key information. The instructions I originally received, first page, under the quick start instructions, line 1, said... "Mount the controller onto a clean, vertical flat surface. It is very important to allow enough airspace both above and below the charge controller to ensure maximum airflow." Fine, but here's what the updated instructions say... "Be aware that the polarity of each cable on the Renogy solar panel is labeled with a "+" and "-". Those symbols indicate polarity. THE "+" AND "-" ON THE MC4 ADAPTER CABLE OR EXTENSION CABLES INDICATE MALE AND FEMALE CONNECTIONS ONLY (emphasis mine)." Ah ha! There was my problem. When I connected everything up the cables directly connected to the panel were UNDER the panel, so I took a casual look at the connecters and went from there. As I said, I even did a continuity test to make certain I didn't reverse them. Oops. Switched them around and everything was golden. The mistake was certainly all mine. The cables are labeled properly, I just didn't look that closely. That said, I've never come across a connecter of any sort that used a + or - symbol to indicate male or female. I thought that was obvious. Maybe some people failed anatomy? To wrap it up, other than that 1 problem, I couldn't be happier. Who could complain about free power?

Bought the 100watt kitt for a 24 foot travel trailer I am in the process of remodeling. I have (2) 12V 27 inch deep cycle marine batteries I picked up at a hardware store for 80 bucks each. for a total of 220 amp hours when topped off. They are wired in parallell. The panel was the easiest part of the install. just use butyll tape on the bottom of the brakets, screw onto roof, and then cover everything in lap sealant. I ran the cables down one of my vent cover holes which luckly was almost directly above where I wanted to mount the panel. Running the cables and getting the electronics set up was the biggest challenge. I ended up mounting the charge controller and fuses for the system under my travel trailers kitchen sink. I used a 1 foot by 1 foot piece of plywood. I wired up and installed as many components on the board as I could before installling. This made it easier to not be assembling everything under the sink. The Campers electrical box housing the fuses and converter box are a few feet away from my where I mounted my chage contoller undert the sink. rather than run from the charge controller directly to the battery I went into the electrical box and joined with the 6 guage wires already going from the converter to the battery. This saved me alot of money on cable! I finished installing on a sunday night. The sun was down and so I couldnt test right away. I turned on half the lights in the camper, the power vent, and left my 24 inch TV running off an inverter. I let these appliances drain on my power bank all night. I turned everything off monday morning. I saw that the green light was blinking which indicated that it was charging. By the time I got home for lunch 4 hours later the batteries were topped off. It has been installed for a week now and the batteries have never gone below 70% full with full usage of the appliances. I also purchased a volt meter/usb charger/12v socket so I can measure the voltage and charge things, as you can see in one of the pictures. I am not an electrician. I know very little about electricity. I think this was a fairly easy project that turned out awesome. I am very happy with the Renogy proucts they seem durable and have lived up to the other great reviews I read. I would suggest this brand and prouct to anyone looking to try out solar power. I was very impressed!!! You should buy this for your camper you wont be disappointed.

UPDATE: January 30, 2014, I am a VERY satisfied customer and will definitely order from Renogy again as well as recommend them to everyone I know. I am impressed with their great customer service. They corrected my order which I received in the mail today the missing Battery Tray Cable and the MC4 connectors with 20ft cables. They have fast free shipping which is important because other companies charge you an arm and a leg to ship solar panels of this Wattage. The quality of everything is top notch for the low prices they charge. I looked everywhere for a reasonably priced 100 Watt solar panel and Renogy has the very best price and value that I and others have seen to this date. I plan on ordering from renogy their Branch Connectors so I can run two 100 watt solar panels in parallel which is the best way because they won't lose energy if one panel gets covered with shade from something. If you plan on using two solar panels I suggest you buy their two 100 watt solar panel kit with the charge controller and connectors. I would have done this but I wanted to make sure the quality was as great as everyone has said... and the quality is much better than I expected! this is the end of my update so to summarize: If you are looking for a high quality 100 Watt Solar Panel or other sized solar panels then you should definitely order from Renogy. I am very happy that I did. And no I was not paid to write this review nor do I have any affiliation with Renogy other than being a very satified customer of theirs. Not happy yet with my order because of two items not received from Renogy. I'm trying to get my order fixed right now. I ordered this solar panel kit on Jan 2nd, 2014 and this is my experience so far. I received the pictured solar panel, the pictured charge controller, the pictured mounting brackets and screws but I did not receive the pictured 20ft long UL listed Solar Adapter Kit (Two 20' cable, one female and one male) like I should have which is listed in the ad. The two black cables I did receive are only 10ft long not 20ft and are missing the MC4 male and female connectors which is needed to connect the solar panel to the charge controller. Also, it is important to point out that this kit does not come with the needed 8' long 12 AWG Wire Copper Tray Cable-Connect Charge Controller and Battery wires which costs an additional $13.99 from Renogy http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FPSBOX4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and is needed to connect the charge controller to the battery. So I also ordered this from them but never received it in the mail. Today on January 27th I emailed their customer service about these problems and they emailed me back a little later asking me to take a picture of the black cables but they didn't even mention the missing 8' long 12 AWG Wire Copper Tray Cable-Connect Charge Controller and Battery wires so I again asked them if this was being shipped seperately. Maybe they have a new employee who forgot to ship it? Who knows. I took several pictures of the black wires and everything else I received from Renogy and am currently waiting to see how long it takes them to fix this and mail me the correct 20ft long UL listed Solar Adapter Kit (Two 20' cable, one female and one male) and the 8' long 12 AWG Wire Copper Tray Cable-Connect Charge Controller and Battery wires I ordered. I will update this review after I have more facts. Keep on mind that I just received this kit and have not connected or tested it yet but I will and plan on letting you know.

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