The UV gets to flexibles more easily. Use rigid, swivelled on the guard rail like mine. Cheaper too. My 250 watts is good enough to allow us to exist off grid.
Thats what I did, but friends have used U clamps on the wire
See pix of mine, no prizes for guessing location
I have two of those Renogy panels and they’re excellent. 104W output from each for a few hours either side of noon and they use the new plastic that won’t dull or break like the older flexible panels did.
Not if they’re even remotely recent. ETFE fixes pretty much all of the things people moan about with flexible panels.
People dont moan, they report real life events. Flexible where we are dont last long
I can't tell from the photo, did you remove the top guard wire or is it still in place?
And others also report real life events, with practical experience of semi flexible panels working well after many years.
Yes, old panels in the old days used to have issues and people keep moaning about those issues with older panels despite it being a solved problem. ETFE panels do not suffer those issues and were specifically developed to prevent them. I have seen zero reports of ETFE panels suffering those problems, if you have other information you'll need to show specific panels with those issues and confirm they are ETFE. If not, stop moaning!
at a very useful 4 lbs ?
I really don't think the panel is that heavy so that may include packaging. I lift mine in and out of a locker every time I use them and they feel pretty lightweight, I'm sure I'd have noticed nearly 2KGs.
i thot that was very light , certainly compared with the fixed ones which are about 10 times that weight .
