Power in the bush

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Power in the bush

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Found this lot while googling for a national luna product... like what I saw and have ordered myself a bunch of goodies as an earlier Christmas present.. service so far has been "flink":

http://www.bushpower.co.za/homepage.asp

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i have a solar panel with 2 x 50w that folds up and a 10a controller fits in carry bag and looks like big brief case
have put it next to a 105a deltec in moz for a month and make my frige run all month :thumbup:
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I got a 80W solar panel in Benoni for R1500-00!
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the sun controller is very important to not bend your battery
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I have a TENESOL 90 W panel fitted under the roof rack on a custom made bracket. Also have a STECA PR 1010 digital regulator that has realy made the differance. Now I am able to manage the power consumtion. Hole system is wired through the regular. No I can see the input and the demand.


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You can also contact this crowd.
http://www.rectifier.co.za/Solar/solar% ... mmary.html
Very good prices and specials. Two weeks ago a 80W apnel was +_ R800.
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Wheels wrote:You can also contact this crowd.
http://www.rectifier.co.za/Solar/solar% ... mmary.html
Very good prices and specials. Two weeks ago a 80W apnel was +_ R800.
these guys are good and the stuff they sell is not fong kong i buy a lot from them and get good prices :thumbup:
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Peter Vee wrote:Found this lot while googling for a national luna product... like what I saw and have ordered myself a bunch of goodies as an earlier Christmas present.. service so far has been "flink":

http://www.bushpower.co.za/homepage.asp

Regards,

Peter V
I collected my final solar goodies from Jacque (Bushpower) in Midrand this morning. Fiendly service from a knowledgable bloke :thumbup:

That reminds me - I should really do a write-up on my "under-the-roof-rack-slider solar panel installation" in fhe DIY section...
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ChristoSlang wrote: I collected my final solar goodies from Jacque (Bushpower) in Midrand this morning. Fiendly service from a knowledgable bloke :thumbup:

That reminds me - I should really do a write-up on my "under-the-roof-rack-slider solar panel installation" in fhe DIY section...

Ja he certainly offers good service... pleasant change from some local plonkers on West Rand. .. please do that write up on solar stuff!
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Yeah .... I saw Christos setup this morning....VERY cool !!!.... well done !!!
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