I would put something reflective on the ground underneath it and see how much more you can get. Something like a car sunshade that is reflective would at least give you some extra power. Something that has no ripples in it might be better.
The surface area of eco-worthy 195 is ony around 80% of others, so you can only expect 160 Watt ish. Unless they made somes big advancement on solar cell technology which is highly unlikely. But overall, they are good quality and cost efficient especially when size is a big concern.
I have 2 of these and I also found them to be outputting much lower than I was expecting. I was able to get a great price for them, so I am still getting a decent $/watt ratio but they output more like excellent 100 watt panels rather than 195 watts. I thought I might have been doing something wrong and tried everything to improve output, but, after researching, it appears this is par for the course using these panels.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience! Looks like everyone has the same issue. I'm curious about the suggestions people gave and if that does work. I won't try it any further since those are not use cases I can work with since it is mounted to my Jeep Roof Rack. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Tobi, very good video. I own several Renogy 220w bifacial panels along with 2x 220w Ecoflow bifacial portable panels. These units do not disappoint and perform well. I prefer to connect these in series to get the maximum effect the MPPT controller in the smart storage battery I use. Thanks again, good work
Since I've made this video the manufacturer stopped responding to me. U guess they did not like I exposed the quality. Anyway, you know what you can get and if you are okay with it and the water helps with the reflection that's great and I'm curious how it works in your setup :-) thanks for watching!
Eco worthy solar panels outputs are way below claimed specs. Mine are worser. I have the same panels. With Victron controller , these panels will only produce about 130 watts each MAX. 4-5 year ago, panels from all manufacturers still produce those exact specs sticker / emblem wattage and more!! Thanks
Great test.I am considering these for a boat. I currently have two 140 watt panels in parallel overhanging the water at the back of the boat, so my thinking is that, out at sea, there should be a lot of reflection off the water and so more power. I would be very interested in a test of this idea?.
Good question! I think yes that would work! I don't have a boat to t at it but if the surface (water or white boat) helps with the reflection this is a great opportunity! But go with a different brand. This panel does not work well in my opinion and is higher advertised and delivers too little. Jeep us posted!
Purchased four of the same solar panels and was very disappointed by their advertisement from what I have heard bifacial don't perform well under the heat. I add a white background under the roof of my rv, and it did not help at all since I am getting the same results than in your video (around 540 total to max 640 for a short period of time). I am going to try with some aluminum tape in the background just to see if it's going to improve their performance.
ohms law is all ways right! LOAD is a dependant variable as load is increased power in watts also increases. different type battery requires different voltages hence wattage will also be different. a module in between controls all of this
Which Victron controller are you using? They seem to be the best! I'm trying to see why you are only getting 7.71 Amps on the multimeter out of the 9.85 Amps possible? If you have the 75/10 maybe the 75/15 model could use more Amps? Thanks
wow..that seems impossible....you clai myou are getting around 190 watts each panel....thats unheard of since each panel is onyl rated at 195 watts. Very odd
these exact same panels are still being sold on amazon and every review ive seen of them shows that they all perform siginificantly lower than their rated spec even in the best case scenarios placing mirros behind them or directing sunlight to the back side only gets them up to about 170 maybe 180w max, where as other better built bifacial solar panels (higher quality ones obviously) will easily meet their rated wattage or higher. i think these specifica panels are just low quality chinese crap pushed out because of "bifacial magic"
@@sleepingbear6116 bifacial panels perform much better than regular panels. if you look at online reviews of many bifacial panels because of the way they are designed they usually hit their rated wattage and sometimes more, where as normal panels are usually 30w under their rated capacity.
Really nice to find this video. I got this exact same panel yesterday and the Max im getting is 150 watts. I paid 89 euro for it so a decent price for 150 watts. Disappointed to not get better results but for the price its not too bad
Just starting the trend, government broke, they make money by taxes. They will increase. So I'm almost off grid. Lol tax that. I've heard all panels get around 80% of what claimed
I would put something reflective on the ground underneath it and see how much more you can get. Something like a car sunshade that is reflective would at least give you some extra power. Something that has no ripples in it might be better.
I'll do more testing. Unfortunately my timing and the sun wasn't good today ;-)
The surface area of eco-worthy 195 is ony around 80% of others, so you can only expect 160 Watt ish. Unless they made somes big advancement on solar cell technology which is highly unlikely. But overall, they are good quality and cost efficient especially when size is a big concern.
I have 2 of these and I also found them to be outputting much lower than I was expecting. I was able to get a great price for them, so I am still getting a decent $/watt ratio but they output more like excellent 100 watt panels rather than 195 watts. I thought I might have been doing something wrong and tried everything to improve output, but, after researching, it appears this is par for the course using these panels.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience! Looks like everyone has the same issue. I'm curious about the suggestions people gave and if that does work. I won't try it any further since those are not use cases I can work with since it is mounted to my Jeep Roof Rack. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Tobi, very good video.
I own several Renogy 220w bifacial panels along with 2x 220w Ecoflow bifacial portable panels. These units do not disappoint and perform well.
I prefer to connect these in series to get the maximum effect the MPPT controller in the smart storage battery I use.
Thanks again, good work
Nice testing. I have not tried bifacial panels yet, but perhaps in the near future i will. Thanks and greetings from Jamaica.
get the reflective foil thermal blankets make a tight frame for it and place it behind the panel. use 2 and angle them. get lots of power
Great idea! I'm sure this helps :-)
Would love an update on this, o have ordered 2 of those to my boat (good price), i think the water will help reflect alot.
Since I've made this video the manufacturer stopped responding to me. U guess they did not like I exposed the quality. Anyway, you know what you can get and if you are okay with it and the water helps with the reflection that's great and I'm curious how it works in your setup :-) thanks for watching!
Eco worthy solar panels outputs are way below claimed specs. Mine are worser. I have the same panels. With Victron controller , these panels will only produce about 130 watts each MAX.
4-5 year ago, panels from all manufacturers still produce those exact specs sticker / emblem wattage and more!! Thanks
Very disappointing but good to understand it's not only me :/
Great test.I am considering these for a boat. I currently have two 140 watt panels in parallel overhanging the water at the back of the boat, so my thinking is that, out at sea, there should be a lot of reflection off the water and so more power. I would be very interested in a test of this idea?.
Good question! I think yes that would work! I don't have a boat to t at it but if the surface (water or white boat) helps with the reflection this is a great opportunity! But go with a different brand. This panel does not work well in my opinion and is higher advertised and delivers too little. Jeep us posted!
Purchased four of the same solar panels and was very disappointed by their advertisement from what I have heard bifacial don't perform well under the heat. I add a white background under the roof of my rv, and it did not help at all since I am getting the same results than in your video (around 540 total to max 640 for a short period of time). I am going to try with some aluminum tape in the background just to see if it's going to improve their performance.
ohms law is all ways right! LOAD is a dependant variable as load is increased power in watts also increases. different type battery requires different voltages hence wattage will also be different. a module in between controls all of this
Which Victron controller are you using? They seem to be the best! I'm trying to see why you are only getting 7.71 Amps on the multimeter out of the 9.85 Amps possible? If you have the 75/10 maybe the 75/15 model could use more Amps? Thanks
hi, I have six of these in series, today my bluetti AC300 showed a peak of 1134 watts
That's good, 189 per panel! Thanks for sharing!
wow..that seems impossible....you clai myou are getting around 190 watts each panel....thats unheard of since each panel is onyl rated at 195 watts. Very odd
@@davehimlin2374 Calabrian sun, south of Italy, and with some reflection behind them
so if there was a way to get maz light on front and back, you would get near 250 watts total ?
Paint the roof reflective.
your mic has some volume issue
Have you tried it at a ninety degree position?
No, I did not go that high on an angle.
if you put a reflective aluminum sheet under it, you will get more
these exact same panels are still being sold on amazon and every review ive seen of them shows that they all perform siginificantly lower than their rated spec even in the best case scenarios placing mirros behind them or directing sunlight to the back side only gets them up to about 170 maybe 180w max, where as other better built bifacial solar panels (higher quality ones obviously) will easily meet their rated wattage or higher. i think these specifica panels are just low quality chinese crap pushed out because of "bifacial magic"
That's false advertisement in my opinion... So far Eco Worthy products seems to be cheap but were disappointing, at least for me :/
All panels do? Expect 80% of what they say.
@@sleepingbear6116 bifacial panels perform much better than regular panels. if you look at online reviews of many bifacial panels because of the way they are designed they usually hit their rated wattage and sometimes more, where as normal panels are usually 30w under their rated capacity.
Really nice to find this video. I got this exact same panel yesterday and the Max im getting is 150 watts. I paid 89 euro for it so a decent price for 150 watts. Disappointed to not get better results but for the price its not too bad
I bet if you put a big piece of tin foil behind it you would have gotten a lot more power.
Eco-Worthy seems to only produce
Just starting the trend, government broke, they make money by taxes. They will increase. So I'm almost off grid. Lol tax that. I've heard all panels get around 80% of what claimed