Any name-brand 400-watt panel
The short version
Panels are all about the same now. Buy the best price per watt from a real distributor, often by the pallet.
Who it's for
Great for
- Houses, cabins, tiny houses, buses with flat roofs
Not for
- Curved van roofs
The catch
Each one is about the size of a door. Plan on two people to mount them.
See it in action
People running it, and people who put it through its paces.
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Tiny Shiny Home YouTube · Off-grid homestead on a pallet of 30 used panels and a ground mountWatch
Used panels, working great on a ground mount. Skip their do-it-yourself battery cells, though. (Affiliate links)
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Country Living Experience YouTube · A full-size homestead house: 20 panels, 3 EG4 rack batteries, 2 Growatt invertersWatch
Almost exactly the home setup in this guide. (Signature Solar referral links and a coupon code)
Running one? Share your setup.
Guides that use it
The details
Go deeper: specs that matter
| Price | About $0.25–0.45 per watt |
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Where to get it
San Tan Solar or a local distributor.
Some links are affiliate links.