Companion 125w solar mat at Bunnings

[sharkcaver]

Anyone had any luck getting their hands on one or two in Perth?

None made it to bunnings in WA. I only secured one because tryagain listed an ebay jobbie, which I grabbed.

[Ger08]

None made it to bunnings in WA. I only secured one because tryagain listed an ebay jobbie, which I grabbed.

Thanks for the info

[penski]

I have tried mine this morning as we finally have some sun in SE Queensland. It easily hits the 17.5v to trigger Redarcs that need that voltage. It then dropped to about 14v and 5 amps once the Redarc kicked in. The battery banks is at 80%.

Yesterday afternoon there were at least 4 still on the shelf at the North Lakes store (near Costco) for $149.

[Paddler Ed]

Technical question... I run a Projecta IDC25 for my MPPT solar controller; can I skip the one that comes with the 125W mat and use it directly with the Projecta box?

It looks like I can, because of output and input voltages..

[McGirr]

Went to a different Bunnings today and they had 9 blankets at $149 and 6 of the power packs at $199.

Spoke to the supervisor in that section and he said they are a deleted line hence not on the website. Regarding prices he advised that they go through a process and over time they mark them down further until they sell.

It will be interesting to see how low they will go until sold.

Mark

[tryagain]

Technical question... I run a Projecta IDC25 for my MPPT solar controller; can I skip the one that comes with the 125W mat and use it directly with the Projecta box?

It looks like I can, because of output and input voltages..

Yep, just hook the mat up straight to the Solar input on the IDC25

[Wingnut84]

For anyone on the Northern Beaches in Sydney, I picked a couple up last night at the Balgowlah Bunnings.
They had about 20-30 on the shelf, they weren't marked down on the price tag but asked a staff member and they scanned and said they were $149.
Also got a further 5% off with bunnings Trade account.

[Paul (SA)]

Has anyone worked out how to set up 2 of these kits in parallel?

[paceman]

Has anyone worked out how to set up 2 of these kits in parallel?

would have thought you just get a Y-cable made up (2 plugs at one end, one plug at other end), with the 30A powerpoles (or with 50A andersons if you are replacing the existing plugs, like me), plug the two panels into the Y Part and run a single cable to your solar regulator...

[McGirr01]

See attached pic

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[macca]

Or make up a double adaptor by screwing three Anderson plugs on top of one another. Plug your reg into one and the panels into the other two

Edit. you get a 30 to 50 amp adaptor cable in the kit so no real need to swap to 50 amp Anderson's on the panels

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[Coolblue80]

Went to my local Bunnings and they only had one mat left, which was missing its box. They also had one battery pack left. Just happened to be in another town for work today and checked Bunnings while I was there. I got the last two panels at $75 each and two battery packs at $90 each. Pretty happy with that.
Cheers, Mike.

[tryagain]

I haven't opened the box to have a read yet, has anyone looked at it to see if there is any reason why you can't run them in series? my experience is that most MPPT charges seem to do their thing better when the voltage is higher. Also get smaller losses through the cables at higher voltage and lower Amps.

[Bird]

Went to my local Bunnings and they only had one mat left, which was missing its box. They also had one battery pack left. Just happened to be in another town for work today and checked Bunnings while I was there. I got the last two panel at $75 each and tow battery packs at $90 each. Pretty happy with that.
Cheers, Mike.

thats a win

[austastar]

Hi,
    Four left at Bunnings Kingston (Tas), but even with the $75.00 receipt the would not go below $100.00. The ticket price was $145.00.
Cheers

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[rockrat]

Has anyone thought about making a frame or stand to support 2 mats, one above the other?


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[macca]

Thanks tryagain,  did as you said went in late tonite, was very nice to the young lady, showed her your invoice, she  rang her manager who said no problem we can match that and just for bbull I asked her if she was at all offended or annoyed and she said "no problems" in fact she was happy to see the smile on my face when the manager agreed

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[wakychapmans]

does anyone have the Bunnings part code for the Power Pack?

[paceman]

does anyone have the Bunnings part code for the Power Pack?

i think it is 0078046...

[BBull]

Thanks tryagain,  did as you said went in late tonite, was very nice to the young lady, showed her your invoice, she  rang her manager who said no problem we can match that and just for bbull I asked her if she was at all offended or annoyed and she said "no problems" in fact she was happy to see the smile on my face when the manager agreed

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GREAT WORK MACCA

[wakychapmans]

i think it is 0078046...

thanks paceman.

For those still looking...

Marsden Park (Richmond Road Western Sydney) had 12 (now 11) of the solar blanket kits left. (none of the power packs)

they are still priced at $149, but some haggling got them down to $99 (for one)

[filcar]

A bit of profiteering?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Companion-125-Watt-6-Panel-Solar-Mat-Kit-Portable-Camping-4x4-New/202687816575?hash=item2f3122a37f:g:k3MAAOSwBGBc5zq8

[Bird]

A bit of profiteering?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Companion-125-Watt-6-Panel-Solar-Mat-Kit-Portable-Camping-4x4-New/202687816575

If they sell at $330, im selling mine...   
he has More than 10 available

RRP $799 ? WTF?
https://www.anacondastores.com/camping-hiking/power-cooling/solar/companion-120w-solar-panel-kit/BP90133500

[wakychapmans]

If they sell at $330, im selling mine...   More than 10 available

I'll give ya $50

[Bird]

I'll give ya $50

wonder how you'd go taking your Bunnings docket into Anaconda @$75.... lol