How to build a Solar Power source?

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Samw

Hey, thanks for all the ideas. What's the difference between a Marine battery and a car battery?

be carfull not much you don't realy want either as so many marine batteries are heavy versions of car batteries.. what you want is a true deep cell battery not a marine starting battery or a car battery.. the difference is the deep cell is designed to be deeply discharged then recharged, where a car battery is ment to remain fairly charged at all times.. also a true deep cell has way more capacity than a simular sized starting battery.

here are some good pages on batteries

http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden//carfaq.htm

http://www.ccis.com/home/mnemeth/12volt/12volt.htm

http://www.phrannie.org/battery.html

Steve

[Samw]

Ok, I'm not 100% sure what the advantages of buying a separate battery, charge controller, and inverter would be over buying just the powerpack/powerbox.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Samw

Ok, I'm not 100% sure what the advantages of buying a separate battery, charge controller, and inverter would be over buying just the powerpack/powerbox.

the power pack power box is usually a crappy battery. like a car type battery as they expect it to seldom have to be used as the power pack is plugged in for charging and also runs off your wall outlet until the power goes out.

Steve