Solar Charging

CaptRon

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Has any of you folks mounted a solar panel on the roof of your RTV to help it maintain a charge?
Mine tends to drain down over time. I'm unsure the cause but thought maybe permanently mounting a small panel on the roof might help avoid that issue.
 
My knowledge of solar is very limited but besides the panel itself, don't you need to install some sort of charge controller?
Myself, I just put it on a battery tender.
 
My knowledge of solar is very limited but besides the panel itself, don't you need to install some sort of charge controller?
Myself, I just put it on a battery tender.
Yea, I'm using a tender now but I thought, If I could get a small panel and mount it on the roof of my RTV and connect it permanently I could just leave it hooked up and not have to worry about connecting or disconnecting the tender.
 
Like you both, I am a battery tender guy. I haven't looked in a long time but they used to make small solar chargers for cars. You placed the small solar panel on your dash and plugged it into the cigarette lighter (when cars used to have such things). Something like that could be easily modified to suit your needs.
 
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