Customer reviews for Sunforce 50012
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Category: Misc.
Brand: Sunforce
Model: 50012
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Bought it a couple of months back since my car is hardly used (just once a month or so).
Kept it plugged in and exposed to sunlight which is good and strong in California.
But the current is too low to maintain a modern car battery (since nowadays lots of electronic things are sucking power continuously such as alarm, clock, engine diagnostics etc).
So the purpose of buying this was defeated and battery died as expected. So for cars / trucks kept for a long time without starting (say a month) instead of this, either buy a battery maintainer connected to the mains or a jump battery, both of which retails from $40 onwards. Don't waste money on this toy.
Sunforce 50012 Review by B. Feuless (Portland, OR United States)
Just throw it on the dash and hook it through your cigarette lighter and forget it, just that easy. OK, well sure, you have to park in the sun or as close to it as you can get ;)
My truck sits for long periods unused and I was ruining batteries with all the deep cycling from draining and recharging. Now, I just leave this on the dash when not in use and BAM, no more drained battery! Truck starts perfectly without hesitation every time and has done so for a year now (where the battery took 6 weeks or less to drain before from the alarm). I live in the Pacific Northwest, so we don't get a lot of sun in the Winter and Spring, but no problem, it still works fine!
For those who have questions or misunderstandings:
1. There is a diode in the circuit, so it will not drain power when the sun is "off", the circuit is one-way (read the manual, it's right in there).
2. The blue diode may flash or stay on steady. According to the company, it does not matter, as long as it is on, it's charging, so don't worry.
I find it works best to have this sitting as flat as possible and as far forward on the dash as you can get it, so it gets the most sun. If you want to use the suction cups (I don't recommend it), you will probably need to turn the unit lenghwise up and down as the curvature of the windshield will keep the suction cups from adhering if you try to mount it side to side.
Sunforce 50012 Review by Timothy Oey "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" (Sunnyvale, CA USA)
The Sunforce 50012 1.8-Watt Solar Battery Maintainer is working great with our Subaru Forrester. We have a 3rd party alarm system installed in the car and if we don't drive the car for a few months this drains the battery. The solar charger is easy to put on the dash and run the cord with clips out the driver door and under the hood to the battery to charge it. The clips are color coded so they are easy to connect to the right terminal. The solar charger should be disconnected when driving -- this is easy to do by popping the hood of the car to disconnect the charger. Our car has a channel that makes it easy to get the thin cord from the hood to the door frame without the cord showing so it is easy to disconnect and store in the vehicle itself. We cannot use it in the cigarette lighter as that is physically disconnected when the engine is turned off.
Sunforce 50012 Details
- Charges 12-volt batteries and creates 1.8 watts of energy
- Works with automobile, motorcycle, tractor, boat batteries and more
- Made of durable ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells
- Built-in blocking diode to prevent reverse discharge
- For indoor use--solar panel is not waterproof
- Item Dimensions: 19 x 6 x 1 inches; 0 pounds
- Brand: Sunforce
- Model: 50012
- Product Type: Misc.
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