Anyone actually seen a Gosun or Cybertruckco rear solar panel in person ?

[CT_AZ_4x4]

My friend just uses it now to power a lithium battery which I think came from t-sportline in his frunk that has lots of cranking power for his winch. In broad daylight in Arizona direct sunlight I’ve seen him get about 80-100w at best. Maybe he’s done better since I last looked. That’s definitely not bad when you have the benefit of time on your hands. Not knocking on the product, just trying to convey what it seems to do in the real world.
Maybe you’re right, maybe it takes larger cabling but it’s not really that high amperage/ low voltage of a situation. We can ask him, he’s on here. What kind of cabling are you using @CT_AZ_4x4 ?

Lol, the wattage produced is not in the least changed by the “cables.”

I read the produced wattage from the Victron inverter. And this is connected to the solar panels with the “cables” provided with the solar panels.

The panels’ output is determined by available sunlight. And because the two panels electrically connected without micro-inverters, if there is shade on one of them it effects the output of BOTH of them. So they require a fairly direct, unshaded location to maximize their output. But they will never achieve 200 watts. Depending on availability of sunlight, some days I’m only getting 30-40 watts on an overcast day. Most days I’m getting better than 50 and less than 100. The very most I have seen is around 150.

But it is keeping my fridge running independent of power routed from the CT, and a few other 12v dc items.

I am pleased with the “set it and forget it” aspect of them.

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[CT_AZ_4x4]

My friend just uses it now to power a lithium battery which I think came from t-sportline in his frunk that has lots of cranking power for his winch. In broad daylight in Arizona direct sunlight I’ve seen him get about 80-100w at best. Maybe he’s done better since I last looked. That’s definitely not bad when you have the benefit of time on your hands. Not knocking on the product, just trying to convey what it seems to do in the real world.
Maybe you’re right, maybe it takes larger cabling but it’s not really that high amperage/ low voltage of a situation. We can ask him, he’s on here. What kind of cabling are you using @CT_AZ_4x4 ?

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[CYBERTRUCKco]

@CYBERTRUCKco , I stand corrected. Seems it has improved for him and he’s very happy with the panel.
Here is what he had to say:
“On a good day over 150 watts peak. Overnight the drain is usually about 15% sometimes 20%. Every day that I’ve had the panels the battery has been recharged to 99 or 100% except for a 3-day rain period but even then I did not have to charge using the frunk 48V accessory feed. I just waited for sunlight and then made sure the frunk was aligned with the sun for maximum wattage.”

thats sounds right!

 

[hemiarch]

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Man. I’m a sucker for some daters

 

[CT_AZ_4x4]

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Right now in decent light, but not quite the best angle for the photoreceptors..

 

[Zantosh76]

I’m curious if any of you have seen one of these actually installed on a truck and what your impressions were.
I feel like I’ve been hearing about this “just around the corner” vaporware being kickstarted or whatever for a couple of years now and even gave them some money at one time but nothing concrete has come of it.
https://gosun.co/products/ev-solar-...3j4rhHwhrGGoIi04ojVpMg53LJAv7LfBoCqFcQAvD_BwE
Website says q2 2026 but based on past experience just seems like it’s going to change to quarter 3 at some point.

Cybertruckco is a great company in my experience and they have this panel for sale for the roof glass and tonneau but details are sparse and I wonder if any of you have seen what it actually looks like and how it folds.
A friend here in Arizona bought the frunk one and it’s very nice, but it’s a bit heavy for the frunk motor and produces much less power than I thought based on the specs even in our sunny state.

https://cybertruckco.com/product/72...mMmzvfJeCU_Ds56u-KZVjGYaT5vWoMxddobguPrXe87WQ

please share if you know about either of these or an alternative.

I was actually quite excited about this when they announced it and I gave him some money but over time I realized it's not a good deal. They actually called me to give me a unit at $1,500 and they said it's ready to ship because they had a batch that came in before the terrace hit or something like that. After looking at the ROI, I felt like it's not worth it because it's not a single person mount, you need somebody to help you mount it on top and then when you unfile it to charge, there's this massive solar panels all over that the vehicle is not usable so unpacking and packing it as a job and then when you unpacked it then it actually doesn't charge that fast, it's a trickle charge. We just completely useless so I just thought that this is a great idea but absolutely impossible to realize in terms of real world efficiency. So I didn't even take the offer.

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