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Review on ☀️ Newpowa 20W Monocrystalline Solar Panel Module - Compact & Powerful for RVs, Boats, and Off-Grid Living (20W Waterproof Solar Charge Kit) by Julian Perkins

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Significantly cheaper repair for our electric entrance gate

the driveway just wasn't good enough. t produces enough juice to refill them. And that's despite the fact that we don't open and close it that often. Unfortunately, the regular replacement solar panels offered by gate manufacturers are insanely expensive, so I decided to try this option: 4x the rated power and a bit more. It seems to work well, although I deducted a star because the panel has no mounting brackets and nothing but a couple of unevenly drilled holes in the aluminum frame. We ended up building our own mount using an old DirecTV dish mount and a wooden pull-out frame we designed ourselves. It took more work overall, but we saved a lot of money in the process. We didn't need any special inverters or control circuitry as the gate's electronics were already tuned to the input from the solar panel and the voltage was what the box expected.

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