Flexible solar panel for backside of teardrop trailer
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Flexible solar panel for backside of teardrop trailer

Sid Clayton

Sid Clayton

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Can you recommend a 100-150 watt solar panel that is flexible to go on back of teardrop trailer? Thank you!
 
Mine is a Renogy. If I had it to do over, I think I would just run a folding panel. I have 2 fixed panels (120w, 100w), 1 folding (180w) and 1 flex (175w).
One of the fixed is on my Cruisers rack (100w), the flex is mounted on my trailer.

Both are facing up and both are quality panels. I get consistently better output from my fixed due to the flex getting hot. No airflow underneath.
My last three trip were in the forest and I had to bring out my folding panel.

If you need to go to a mounted flex panel, make sure you get bigger than you need to make up for the loss.
Make sure you get a quality controller. Some of the lesser ones have too much loss converting the voltage.
 
Sorry for the confusion, I was comparing my panels. My trailer has the flex, cruiser has the 100 watt fixed. The 120 watt fixed was one I used with my M-100 and the folding was what I had to get when I went on forest trips.

What I so horribly failed at trying to say was, I get better output from my fixed panels even though their clunky and big. This is due to the lack of airflow under my flex panel.
If I would have gotten my folding years ago, i would only have the fixed on my cruiser. It keeps my batteries up while its parked in the driveway.

As for power needed, my 120 watt was more then enough to run my 50qt fridge and keep my battery charged. When I put the flex panel on my new trailer, I went with more output then needed because of the heat loss.
 
I was going to go with Renogy, but was reading some articles on this site about those Xplor panels. So now on the fence. Have any of you compared these two panels against each other?
 
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