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Originally Posted by madmike
Thanks for the reply Xringer. That is what I was thinking of doing is connecting CC to and old 12 volt battery. I have one that came out of my wife's car , we thought that the battery was toast because one morning we went to start the car in the winter time and the battery dead. Here I found out that with the ignition switch turned off I was still getting a load on the battery. I was able to bring the battery to charge but it is on the weak side for a car, so only having a light load with the fan I should be OK to run this 12 watt fan for the winter anyways. I think I will be ordering that panel that I provided the link for. I can find them cheaper on e-bay but the shipping cost just kill us up here in Canada, especially when things are being shipped out of the USA.
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Like I said, shop around. You might get lucky and fine one cheaper,
or maybe a 25 or 30w panel in the same price range.
IIRC, my first 10W panel was about $20 shipped. I got the other two
10w
free with my four 125w panel order.
In the past, I have seen 30w panels sold pretty cheap. 40 to 50 dollars IIRC.
I change my car batteries every 6 years, so I end up with some useful batteries.
My current 'old' batteries are from a 2004 Toyota & a 1999 Honda CRV..
They both work almost like new.. Being indoors at 65-70 deg F helps too.