CampStewart
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Solar doesn't work for me when camping, I am in the deepest woods I can find. I would like to try using my engel md14f in my car during the week with a solar panel. As this is an experiment I am not looking to go all out and spend a lot on this. My initial plan is to use something similar to the 50 dollar relay setup discussed in a thread here when driving an hour each way to charge a group 38 starting battery to and from work and then use a solar panel during the day. Can I just hard wire the solar panel in all the time even when charging from the car? The published specs on the md14f are 2.8 amps at full draw which I believe is about 33 watts. What size panel would I need? What panels would you recommend? It will be mounted on the shelf behind the rear seat of a subcompact car.