Sunforce 50032 15 Watt Solar Battery Charger

The Sunforce 50032 15 Watt Solar Battery Charger gives you another reason to love the sun — it’ll help keep your vehicle’s battery charged. Just plug the this helpful 15-watt battery charger into your vehicle’s 12-volt lighter socket and position the panel to pick up the most daylight possible. And with the built-in blocking diode technology, this charger is designed to protect against battery discharge at night. You can also use this device to maintain the charge on any 12-volt battery for clean, silent operation of various electronics, such as deer feeders and landscaping pumps. The 50032 features a built-in ultra-bright blue LED charging indicator, and is a great choice for automobiles, recreational vehicles (RV), tractors, all terrain vehicles (ATV), boats, electric fences, telemetry and more, and it is even effective on cloudy days. This battery charger is made of durable ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells, measures 15.5 x 2.5 x 41.5 inches (WxHxD), and has a maximum temperature range of -40 to 176-degrees Fahrenheit. The manufacturer recommends using the Sunforce 60012 7 Amp Charge Controller in tandem with this charger for optimal results.

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Features

• 15-watt solar charger plugs into your vehicle's 12-volt lighter socket
• Works with automobile, all terrain vehicle (ATV), personal water craft (PWC), and boat batteries
• Made of durable ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells
• Manufacturer recommends using a charge controller (not included) in tandem with this charger for optimal results
• Measures 15.5 x 2.5 x 41.5 inches (WxHxD)

User Reviews

i am really pleased with the service i have received with amazon and sunforce. i have owned 22 solar panels made by 3 different manufacturers. i like and endorse sunforce panels over any of the others i have owned. reasons that i say this are i feel like the design and craftsmanship that they are a man's project and not a kids toy. i have had 4 sunforce panels in operation for 18 months with no problems and simple maintenance, just an occasionally cleaning and in the past year have added 6 more. -- thank you sunforce and amazon

Great working.
Some people have commented that they received the charge controller with their panel but I did not. It must be a luck thing if you do receive one.
I have written a blog post about my setup:
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I also built a little mount for the panel out of some random 2x4s. The pictures should be in the "picture" area. -- A Great Solar Panel

I installed one of these units, with the Sunforce charge controller, flat on the roof of our RV travel trailer (dual RV batteries). It is now 1 year old and has a couple of cracks in the plastic frame, but still seems to be working fine. Before installing it we could go 4 days before needing to charge the RV batteries in remote forest camping -- this panel adds 1 additional day. (By then we need to go to a commercial campground to do laundry, etc.; where I let the Intelli-power Charge Wizard charge from shore power.)

Pros:
* All automatic. Install it and forget it.
* Silent (no stupit noisy generators)!
Cons:
* Could use more power!!!
* Cracks in plastic frame?!? -- Works well for boondocking RV, even with cracked frame

I purchased two of these panels for my camper, along with their 7 amp charge controller. I used them for five days to maintain my batteries while camping without electrical hook-ups. During that time, the batteries supplied the power for the lights, water pump, and ignition source for my propane-fired water heater and refrigerator. The charge on the batteries was never below 12.8 volts the entire time. I will purchase one or two more in the future to go even longer without paying for electricity while camping. -- This product works as advertised, and the price cannot be beat!

I bought this panel strictly for charging some batteries for an LED rail lighting system for my back deck. It might sound like overkill, but there are a lot of LED's to discharge the batteries through the night. The unit puts out around 24 volts with no load connected. I gave this unit a 4 star because the plastic doesn't seem to be as durable as stated.
An added bonus was that I also recieved the 7 amp charge controller with associated wiring for free. I debated on purchasing the $111 kit that included the charge controller. I paid $84 for this one, but received the $111 kit. -- Nice panel for the application