Cheap solar panels - what's the catch ?

At 11.8% efficiency, they are also large and heavy compared with Kyrocera (for example) at 17%.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Hi Peter,

Yes, I noticed they were a little on the portly side for their output. Still very cheap though, especially if you get a good auction price.

Thanks DIO, yep, spotted the warranty discrepancy - as the inimitable Tom Waits says: "The Large Print giveth, and the small print taketh away" !

I think it says one year on manufacturing faults, 25 years on power output.

Regards, John.

I think it says one year on manufacturing faults, 25 years on power output.

Regards, John.

we heard ya the 1st time.....:)))

Hi Steve,

Yes, I don't know either - that's why I'm trying to find out how they can be so cheap.

Cheers,

Nic

HI Mandrake - as you know self-promotion is something we ask people to avoid in the Forum, but I realise in this instance you're offering an experienced viewpoint but i thought I should take this opportunity to let you know of the Dealer Listings in the Trader that you may find of interest in promoting your importing business. We put this option into the Trader as we are aware of many of our readers doing business in this manner - which is different to the features of being a Business Member which wouldn't suit you by the sounds of it. And, this would automatically link your ads in your forum footer so its a nice subtle way to let everyone know when you're using the site that you have products for sale.
MM

David and Michelle ,

I try not to promote my products in the forum and I have used Trader and will be advertising in there again once I have stock to sell - Just waiting for a boat to arrive at the moment ..

Sorry if I tiptoed over that line a little bit ...

Rgds

Steve

... a tiny tiptoe, that's ok. The big spiel was also for the benefit of others ;-)

Very well put, Mainey, they certainly rate well below any others I've seen.

When we chose panels fr the OKA, we chose on the basis of maximum watts for the space we had available. That resulted in a panel of high efficiency being chosen.

Of course"Efficiency" is of no value, in itself, if you are putting panels on a house. What you need then is maximum Watts per $ spent, and these panels seem cheaper in that regard.

What is not apparent, to me from the specs, is their peformance at elevate temperatures. They might be similar to others, or not.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome