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Coleman 72002 CL-600 9-Watt 17 – 24 Volt Solar Panel Battery Charger / Maintainer
By Matt |
Solar Panel Battery Charger
- Solar-powered charger engineered to maintain your vehicle’s 12-volt starting battery
- Extends battery life using the sun’s power
- Patented LED bright blue indicator to know when your battery is charging
- Connects quickly and mounts easily
- 2-year limited warranty
Product Description
The Coleman Solar Charger CL-600 provides immediate charge when exposed to daylight, even on cloudy days. It charges your 12V RV, boat or truck batteries so you can run small appliances such as fluorescent lights, coolers, small TV’s, or laptops.Amazon.com Product Description
Designed to protect against natural battery discharge and electronic drain in cars, recreational vehicles, SUVs, and trucks, the Coleman solar 1.5-watt 12-volt deep-cycle charger keep… More >>
Coleman 72002 CL-600 9-Watt 17 – 24 Volt Solar Panel Battery Charger / Maintainer
Topics: Solar Energy Products | 5 Comments »
May 9th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
This Coleman unit is rated at 600ma and a total power of 9 Watts. Buyers will be pleasantly surprised. The fair price for weatherproof solar panels is $10/watt…so this one qualifies although has been discontinued. My lack of a full five stars is because Coleman seems to overrate their panels by about 20%…or else they take it down to the equator to measure the power.
Rating: 4 / 5
May 9th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
The unit is more or less what I expected and appears to be working well for my application as a trickle charger for my deep-cycle marine battery operating an ornamental iorn entry gate. This unit DOES NOT work with the Sunsei Solar Grip bracket which is listed as working with the Coleman Solar Panels (both are ICP Solar products); the bracket extexsions are not long enough. I was able to frabricate a simple clamp for the panel which did work with the bracket however.
Rating: 4 / 5
May 9th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
I ordered one Coleman panel to see how good it was. I am a long time Coleman collector and this fits just right! Brand power at its best! I have had it about 2 weeks and have it connected to my campers battery. The camper has a stereo system which requires a “hot” lead to maintain memory so this creates a drain on the battery. After this panel, no more worries about the drain! This panel in full sun is putting out 22.65volts and drops to 17.3 on a cloudy day, even when it was raining!I ordered two more and expect them to arrive tomorrow. I will build a frame to attach the panels to and hook all of them to my battery bank (3 D/C NG27). I expect to be able to use them for a generator (less) week of camping next month! If it fails then expect me to update this review! I think ICP could have had a better way of connecting multiple panels though. Coleman dosen’t supply the gang plug, so I have to cut the plug ends off and hardwire them together. Not too much of an issue though.
Rating: 4 / 5
May 10th, 2010 at 2:28 am
I just got this panel. Put it out in the Georgia sun, and its putting out over 22 volts. As with everything I get from Amazon, it came on time and in perfect condition. So far I’m very happy.
Rating: 5 / 5
May 10th, 2010 at 5:22 am
Ok folks I will have to admit, this is one foreign made product that surprised me once it was in place. I store a portable welder in an area where there is no electricity. I had entertained the idea of running electricity to that shed for years, but saw this solar panel advertised at a reasonable price and thought ‘what the heck’. The battery on my welder is old and I figured no way this thing is gonna keep it charged. Well I was wrong. Not only does the Coleman Solar Charger keep it charged, but it has a VERY strong charge and I haven’t had those iritating booster cables out since I installed the charger. I plan to purchase one or two more of these to maintain my jet ski as well as boat.
Rating: 5 / 5