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Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
Trickle charger plugs directly into cigarette lighter or 12 Volt socket, or connects directly to battery to maintain 12 Volt car, truck, motorcycle, ATV, boat, personal watercraft or RV batteries. Works in low light and cloudy conditions. Ideal for deep cycle or multiple battery banks. Application: Deep cycle or multiple battery banks, Watts: 5, Dimensions L x W x H (in.): 13 7/8 x 13 1/8 x 5/8, Material: ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells Mounts on dash or on windshield Made of ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells Power rating up to 5 Watts Current: 350mAmps @ 15V Includes cigarette lighter plug, battery clamps and 4 mounting screws
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62 of 64(97%)would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 W,
July 9, 2007
By Jram
from West Chesterfield, NH
"I was very surprised and impressed at how much voltage I was getting from this charger with little to no sun. I used a 12 volt tester on the charger and even went inside the garage so it only saw day light and still I was getting 13.2 volts on my meter. Well worth the investment especially if you have batteries that sit dormant and loose charge such as a camper. This charger will keep the batteries up for you so when you are ready to use the camper the batteries will be fully charged for you without worry. I highly recommend this solar charger."
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Review 2 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Perfect for my riding mower battery,
October 23, 2009
By JTH4944
from Eastern Pennsylvania Suburbs
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"I highly recommend this product. Despite my initial apprehensions, this solar cell trickle charger is perfect for my need, and does exactly what it advertises. I was apprehensive because of a few of the reviews. But it continues to keep the 12V battery of my riding mower topped-off between uses so I am very glad I got it. The winter months of cold temperatures and disuse would drain the battery (due to lead sulfate build-up on the plates) so that I was lucky to get even 2 summers use out of a battery. After 5 months of constant use, the voltage remains as high as it was when first purchased - which also prevents lead sulfate from building-up. My solar cell charger hangs like a picture over one of the 2 windows in my shed (see photos). It seems sturdy enough to withstand the summers and winters inside a shed, and the battery clips that come with the unit make it easy to connect/disconnect to/from the mower."
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Review 3 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Good for powering small PC fans too...,
October 19, 2009
By Anonymous
from Albany, NY
"I used this product for a small solar air heater project, as opposed to using as a strict trickle charger. Works well powering a small PC fan. Puts out a lot of voltage in good sun. In my case, the PC fan is too large to be powered under overcast skies."
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Review 4 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Remote area,
October 19, 2009
By Markirdawn111
from Davenport, Florida
"Great product. I was able to run two power tools when needed when parked with my travel trailer in a remote area without access to an outside power source. Also used a 5 watt trickle charger from Northern to keep the trailer battery charged up. Highly recommend both products. Simple to use with complete instructions."
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Review 5 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Money Saver,
July 26, 2009
By ren8020
from Norfolk, VA
"I bought this product to keep my hard starting Diesel truck batteries topped off. After just a few days of use, the batteries start the truck up like new again. Great product!"
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Review 6 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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5 Watt Solar Trickle Charger,
July 21, 2009
By BillM60660
from Chicago/SE Wisconsin
"Great product. Have had one for years (boat) and just got another for a jetski. Best feature is it can be used outdoors as opposed to some other models that are indoors-only. Very easy to connect and lasts a long time. Great for mantaining a charge on batteries that get infrequent use."
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Review 7 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Northern Indust. Solar Panel-5 watts,
July 20, 2009
By CamperDoug
from Burbank,CA
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"Bought this panel a couple months ago and been testing it under different conditions.
I use this panel to trickle charge my camper battery.
It work very well, keeping the battery (Optima) charged after using the lights and inverter the night before.
Made a bracket that holds it and can be rotated during the day to catch direct sunlight. The indirect sunlight will charge the battery but find that direct light will charge it faster."
I use this panel to trickle charge my camper battery.
It work very well, keeping the battery (Optima) charged after using the lights and inverter the night before.
Made a bracket that holds it and can be rotated during the day to catch direct sunlight. The indirect sunlight will charge the battery but find that direct light will charge it faster."
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Review 8 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Great Product,
July 20, 2009
By FlatStanley
from North Myton Bench, UT
"I hooked the solar panel to an automotive battery powering an electric fence pulse charger. It's located about a mile from any other source of electricity. So far, the solar panel has been able to maintain a steady charge on the battery, saving me time and trouble replacing and recharging the batteries periodically.
Cons: The only issue is that it didn't include a solar charge controller in conjunction with the panel. Which I believe is necessary to utilize this panel properly."
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Review 9 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Excellent for the money!,
July 20, 2009
By TomInPa
from Delaware County, PA
"I purchased this charger about 2 months ago and it is exactly what we needed to keep our battery topped off in our camper. It is not a true battery "charger" as it is only rated to put out 5 watts, but is a battery maintainer (trickle charger). Now we do not have to run an extension cord across the driveway to the camper to keep the battery charged or worry about a dead battery when it's time to head to the campground. It's always ready to go! It is extremely easy to install and comes with alligator clips to hook up directly to the battery and a cigarette lighter plug for use in a vehicle. We simply plugged ours into one of the 12V outlets in the camper, set it in a window facing the sun and the installation was done! It took more time to open the package then it took to install. This would be perfect for storing any type of item with a 12V battery, generator, snowmobile, ATV, motorcycle, lawn tractor, etc. If you have anything with a 12V battery that gets stored for any period of time, this is a MUST have to avoid a dead battery when it's time to put it back to work!"
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Review 10 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Trickle Charger,
July 20, 2009
By JanetM
from Maysville, MO
"This product is great. I use it to keep my horse pasture fence charged. It works well in low light situations. Worked all winter long and even through a very rainy spring it's never failed me. Easy to install. Excellent value."
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Review 11 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Keep your batteries topped off,
July 20, 2009
By MrCrabs
from Chattanooga, TN
"I use this solar charger to keep my batteries topped off and ready to go even on cloudy days. You just leave it on and don't worry about over charging. I will take it with me when I am fishing to prolong my trolling time."
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Review 12 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Stored RV Help,
July 20, 2009
By floridaron
from FLorida
"This is great for my RV when in storage. I have not had a low battery since hooking this solar charger up. I have mounted it on top of the gas bottle cover. We have also camped for 4 days using all the 12v power and everything stays charged up. Thanks this product is easy to hookup and I love it."
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Review 13 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Bigger is not always better,
July 15, 2009
By Aggie19
from Kansas
"We were very dissapointed in this solar charger. It could not maintain a new 12V car battery for longer than three days with minimal drain. The smaller 1.8 Watt solar charger/maintainer kept up with the battery and was half the price."
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Review 14 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Free from the sun,
July 13, 2009
By Blazinman
from CT
"Excellent product; keeps battery charged during times when vehicle is parked for an extended period. Good quality construction"
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Review 15 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Excellent solar panel,
July 13, 2009
By kc2ozm
from Ronkonkoma, NY
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"I purchased the solar panel to use in the field to keep the batteries recharged on my amateur radio equipment. It has performed flawlessly. I went camping for a week in Pennsylvania, and it was my sole source of power for all of my HT's. The 5 watt panel kept all the batteries fully charged. I also used a 7 amp solar charge controller in conjunction with the panel (Item# 336606). I definitely will be getting a lot of use from this."
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Review 16 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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5W TRICKLE CHARGER IS AWESOME,
April 9, 2009
By desertvarmint
from SW UTAH DESERT
"MY WIFE & I LIVE 'OFF THE GRID', AND ON CLOUDY DAYS, NEED TO FIRE UP AN ELECTRIC START DIESEL GENERATOR TO CHARGE OUR SOLAR BATTERIES. IN THE EXTREMELY COLD WINTERS, I OFTEN HAD TO YANK OUR CAR BATTERIES TO DO THIS. SO, I BOUGHT A CHEAP 12V. BATTERY & YOUR TRICKLE CHARGER, AND VOILA! IT WORKS JUST GREAT! ONLY PROBLEM IS, THE WIND KNOCKED IT OFF IT'S PERCH, THE GLASS SHEATHING CRACKED. SO, AM GOING TO ORDER ANOTHER RIGHT NOW! THANKS A BUNCH. NOBODY ELSE SEEMS TO CARRY A SOLAR TRICKLE CHARGER"
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Review 17 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Trickle charger,
March 23, 2009
By GISMan
from Biloxi, Ms.
"The charger is simple to hook up and use. This is exactly what it says it is a TRICKLE charger or slow charger. Works well when left on for days."
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Review 18 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Solar charger,
March 18, 2009
By BURNET
from TX
"I use the 5W charger for automatic gate openers. They are 50% less than the one available from other manufacturers and have hte same output.
I also use one to tricle charge one of my diesel trucks which does not get used very often. This way I don't have to start it and charge up the batteries very two weeks.
A great buy at a great price."
I also use one to tricle charge one of my diesel trucks which does not get used very often. This way I don't have to start it and charge up the batteries very two weeks.
A great buy at a great price."
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Review 19 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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Solar power trickler,
March 16, 2009
By ChrisK
from Northern Virginia
"I used this all this winter and it kept the battery full charged with lotys of cranking power. It could use some better aligator clips or O connector to go under the battery terminals."
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Review 20 for Northern Industrial Solar-Powered Trickle Charger — 5 Watt
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No muss, no fuss...,
March 16, 2009
By Animallover
from NE Dallas
"I use this for my large farm tractor and it works great. Just prop it up in the window and plug into the lighter when it not in use and I have plenty of charge everytime."
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