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hey everybody welcome back to a new video we are really excited to show you guys the actual head-to-head comparison between these 10 200 W solar panels right here I have my father-in-law Jeff you guys have seen him in a lot of other videos on the channel especially um these head-to-head comparison videos and we're just really excited to see how each of these panels perform now they are priced from $250 all the way up to $600 but Jeff which one's going to be the best one well you would think it would be the one that cost the most but that's not necessarily the case as we'll find out for sure don't judge these these panels by the fact that we aren't going to be measuring exactly what the manufacturer says because not any of them are going to really match up to that uh but we're comparing them against each other uh in the same solar uh conditions today and the same test equipment and one of the things that we've come up with is this actual solar stand so that we can angle all these the exact same way right at the Sun so we can get the most power and we're using the cantrick to get them perfectly L at the sun basically what we're going to do is just jump into the actual results we got on each of these panels and we'll break down all the information at the end using a bunch of different graphs so if you want to see all the analytics in real detail uh stick around to the end of the video so Jeff let's just jump into testing these sounds good now as for the solar conditions today it's around 85° now we do have fairly clear skies we're going to make sure we test when it's clear but we do have a little bit of haze so we're not expecting max power today but at least we can compare them head to-head so the the first panel that we're going to be testing in our video is the all powers now we're going to go in alphabetical order we have lined the panel up to the sun now this panel is rated at 200 Watts so let's go ahead and connect it up and see how many watts we get so Jason we have uh several different meters here to measure the uh Power uh we got the fluke we got an amprobe uh fairly accurate Uh current clamp meter and we got just an inline power meter the um the fluke is at 17.1 vol 8.92 amps uh 153 Watts the voltage and amps are pretty similar on this one now the next test that I like to do with each of these panels is to see how they perform in partial shading basically how this works is each one of these panels is wired together and certain panels can be wired together in series or certain panels can be wired together in parallel so if they're wired together in parallel you see really good partial shading results if they're wired together in series you'll lose all power so I have this piece of cardboard here we're going to place it in the middle of the panel and we'll see how much power we get now with a partial shading it looks like we're about half power 17.72 volts 4.46 amps 78.7 Watts so the all powers panel is wired together in parallel so it does perform really well in partial shading so let's go ahead and move on to the next [Applause] panel so the next panel that we're going to be testing is the bluti pv200 now I have tested the pv200 in the past but I found out that that panel actually had some physical damage and it was not getting Peak power so this is a brand new panel I've gone through the warranty replacement with bluetti on it so this is the pv200 it's rated at 200 Watts so let's go ahead and connect it up and see what we get on the pv200 panel we're getting 1657 volts 10.18 amps uh for 169 Watts so now with the pv200 we're going to go ahead and put on the piece of cardboard to see how it does with partial shading for a partial raing we're getting about half power 17.8 volt 4.9 amps 87 Watts so the pv200 is also wired together in parallel so it has really good partial shading results let's move on to the next [Applause] panel so the next panel that we're going to be testing in the video is the cki 200 wat panel this is also quad full design just like the previous two panels so we have it lined up and everything here let's go ahead and see how much power we're getting on the cki panel we are getting 15.7 volt 9.15 amps for 144 watts in the next test let's go ahead and test the cki 200 with partial shading so I'm going to put this here in the middle and we'll see how much power we get for the cki partial shading we're getting 16.1 volts 4.70 amps 75 Watts so the c 200 is also wired together in parallel so we get good partial shading results let's move on to testing the next [Applause] panel now the next panel that we're going to be testing is the ecoflow 2020 W bifacial panel so this one's special it actually can get sun on the back of it to give you a little bit of extra power so actually having this on concrete is one of the best ways to get extra power from a bifacial panel so we have this set up and angled at the sun let's go ahead and connect it up and see how much power we get so on the ecoflow panel we are getting 15.3 9 Vols 12.38 amps and 190 Watts so now that we've tested the peak power on the ecoflow 220 W panel let's go ahead and do some partial shading testing so I put the cardboard on there let's see what power we're getting now like the other panels we've tested this one is also wre wired in parallel and we're getting 15.7 volts 6.35 amps and 99 Watts so fairly good results when testing with partial shading this is also the most power that we've seen out of all the panels we've tested so far so let's go ahead and see if uh we can get more Waters than this one move on to the next panel so the next panel that we'll be testing in the video is actually the elant 200 W panel now this is a panel a lot of people ask about so I'm excited to test this one out let's go ahead and connect it up and see how much power we get the El 200 panel is giving us 15.43% 54 Watts let's go ahead and do the partial shading test for the elicona 200 going to put the cardboard here in the middle so are we going to lose all the power or just half the power partial shading results on the Lea 200 panel uh reveals 16.89 volts 4.98 amps and 80 Watts kind of jumping around okay so still pretty good partial shading results for the elant 200 these are wired together in parallel let's move on to the next panel okay so the next panel that we're going to be testing is the acatel 200 wat panel this is also a quad full design with an etfe coating I'm excited to see how this one does so let's go ahead and connect it up see how many watts we get on the acatel 200 watt panel we're getting 15.97% just to see if this is wired together in series or parallel so let's see how this does in partial shading partial shading for the acatel solar panel we're getting 16.9 volts 5.14 amps and 86 Watts okay so the aretel 200 wat panel actually is wired together in parallel so we got good partial shading results on this one now we've tested six panels so far we have four left to test let's jump into the next one so the next panel that we're going to be testing in in the video is the ugreen 200 W panel now what's cool about this panel is it actually has a little uh level indicator to know if you're pointing directly at the Sun so let's go ahead and plug this one in and see how much power we get now just FYI I actually connected up this panel and the polarity was backwards and then I looked at the mc4 connections and they're wired backwards as well so just FYI the mc4 adapter that came with the ugreen panel it's actually backwards okay for the ug- green 200 W panel uh we are getting 15.7 volt 9.3 amps and 146 Watts we're going to go ahead and move forward with the partial test on the ugreen so I put the piece of cardboard here let's see if we get half power or lose all the power output from the panel on the ug green panel with partial shading we are getting 16.1 volts 4.66 amps and 74 Watts now that we finished the partial shading test on the ugreen 200 wat panel let's go ahead and move on to the next panel [Music] now I've gone ahead and put the next panel here on the stand now this is the VCU Tech panel it's actually a trifold design so it's actually a little taller and uh more narrow so it's actually a little easier to pack away and to carry around uh this is rated at 200 WS let's go ahead and plug it in see what we get on the VCU Tech 200 wat panel today we are getting 17.5 volts 9.0 amps and 59 Watts so let's go ahead and partially shade the VCU Tech I'm going to put a piece of cardboard here in the middle panel so let's see if we get you know 2/3 of the power or we lose it all on the VCU Tech partial shading voltage is 16.56% wired in series now we did some tests we put this over here and got like 25 watts we put this down here like this and got like 60 watts so it kind of depends on where the shade is but just be aware if this has significant shade on it you will be losing pretty much all the power um that this panel puts [Applause] out now the next panel that we're going to be testing is the vigerp 200 W panel this is a quad fold design so let's go ahead and connect it up and see how many watts we get on the vigerp 200 W panel we are getting 16.3 volts 9.65 amps and 158 Watts now I've gone ahead and put the piece of cardboard in the middle of the Viger pool 200 wat panel let's see if we lose all the power or if we still get 50% output with partial shading looks like we're getting 17.12 volts 4.39 amps and 75 Watts so the Vigor pool panel was wired together in parallel as well so we saw really good partial shading results on this one let's move on to testing the last [Music] panel now the next panel that we're going to be testing is the xar sp150 now you'll notice that this is actually the same size as all the other panels that we've tested except for they've derated the wattage on this one so it's more accurate to the output it's rated at 150 watts still quad full design so let's go ahe and connect this up and see how much power we actually get on the xar sp150 we are getting 15.54% 50 is giv us 15.7 volts 4.87 amps and 76 Watts so the xar sp150 is wired together in parallel so we get really good partial shading results on [Music] it we're actually going to test one other panel it's actually two panels Jeff has um these balder 120 W panels that come in in a really good price they're right around $160 on Amazon so we want to see how those two panels stack up against all these other panels that we've tested because they might be more affordable and give us more power these are the balder 120s so we're interested to see how much power we can get with these connected in parallel so we connected them together in parallel and we pluged them in let's see how many watts we're getting the boulder 120 W panels in parallel two of them is given us about 16 volts 10.94 amps and 175 watts in the next section of the video I want to go ahead and test partial shading on both these panels put together in parallel now because these are wired in parallel what you could do is you could actually shade one of these completely and you'll get full power out of the other one but we want to see what happens if you shade both of them at the same time so we're testing to see if they're wired in parallel um this way so let's go ahead and see how many watts we're getting with this cardboard on here so with partial shading on these balder 120 panels we are seeing 16.6 Vol 5.38 amps and 89 Watts so fairly good results while testing the Baler 120s with the partial shading so they are in fact wired together in [Applause] parallel and so what we'll do next is we're actually going to break down all the information in a bunch of different graphs so you guys can see how they stack up against each other and then after that what we'll do is we'll actually talk about the testing equipment that we use so thank you guys for watching till this section in the video really appreciate you sticking around and thank you Jeff for joining uh me in this comparison video you bet glad to be here awesome let's jump into the other content well now that we've gone ahead and tested all the panels and we know the performance of each one let's break down all this information in a few different graphs now the first graph that we want to look at is the peak wattage results remember the higher the number the better so if you're looking for the highest performing panel just in wattage then this is the graph that you're going to want to pay attention to we have the higher performing panels on the left and the lower performing panels on the right I've also broken this down into full sun performance numbers and partial shading numbers so the best performing panel was the ecoflow 220 put out 19 190 watt the next best panel was the balder 120 both those panels in parallel at 175 watts and then the blue Edie pv200 at 169 Watts the lowest performing panels were the ugreen 200 and the cki 200 at 144 watts and we have a good balance of power in the middle now the VCU Tech was the only panel that did not do well in partial shading so if you do want to purchase that panel you want to make sure that it's in full sun so that it can get its full power now in the next graph I want to break down the panels for which one provides the best value or the best cost per watt analysis the lower the number is basically a better deal on that panel so you can see we have the best deals on the left and the worst deals on the right looking at a value perspective so the VCU Tech 200 comes in at the cheapest price per watt meaning for every watt it produces it's $1.50 7 and there's quite a few panels under $2 a watt which is pretty good value moving up to the more expensive panels you can see the vigerp 20000 is $3.79 per watt produced and the ecoflow 220 is also $2.89 per watt produced so instead of looking at a raw output perspective here we're looking at which panel gives us the best value for our dollar so if you're looking for a good deal you're going to want to stick with a panel on the left- hand side you're going to want to avoid a panel on the right hand side because they're more expensive now in the next graph I want to see if I can find a good balanced option between performance and cost I know some viewers don't want to go just buy the cheapest panel and I know some viewers don't want to go buy the most expensive panel to get the most power so where is the value in between well I put some of the best options here on the graph so let's break this down to see if we can find any outliers well looking at the left you can see the Baler 12s two of them in parallel we still get a lot of power output at 175 Watts but the cost per is very low at $183 so that's good value there the next best option that sticks out to me is the VCU Tech 200 we get 159 Watts but it's priced at $157 per watt and then the all powers even though it puts out 153 Watts it only cost $166 per watt so a very good value there so you got to look around and try to balance some of the options here but hopefully this graph gives you a good idea of what's available now now because these are folding and portable panels I do feel like weight plays a big aspect in which panel you purchase so I've broken down the weights for each of these panels the lighter panels are on the left the heavier panels are on the right the two lightest panels that we tested were the elicona 200 at 11.4 lb and the all powers 200 at 12.4 lb the two heaviest panels were the two balder 120s in parallel at 19.2 lb and the ecoflow 220 came in at a whopping 24.1 lb so if weight isn't important to you and you want to have a lighter panel you're going to want to stick to a panel on the Le hand side of this chart now it's been super fun to put all this information together in these different graphs so hopefully this has been helpful now everyone has a different budget and use case so I don't want to recommend one specific panel but by using these graphs hopefully you'll find something that works well for you now down in the video description I have all the product links and the discount codes now just keep in mind this video has been a ton of work so I've included affiliate links down there to support the channel so if you want want to support the Channel please purchase through those affiliate links they do not cost any extra money to you but they provide me a small Kickback when you purchase those products so Jeff now that we finished all the testing on the panels I thought it'd be nice to actually break down the equipment that we're using so people understand um that we do have some high quality Equipment here to try to get the most accuracy when testing these panels so Jee do you want to break down some of the equipment that you brought first of all we have discharged a a battery down wayist so that we we knew that uh the charge controller would it would accept a charge we're using this uh Blue Sky maximum PowerPoint tracking mppt charge controller uh we're we're counting on it finding the uh the maximum PowerPoint on each of these solar panels and then as far as our our meters go we're using a fluke that's measuring the input voltage and we've got a um a meter that is got some pretty good resolution uh it's an Ampro LH 41 and most of these clamp meters only have one decimal point accuracy see this one's got a couple of decimal points and uh so we're going to be able to uh measure some accurate current uh we've got another meter that is an in series power meter it's by what's up um and I'm not sure they make it anymore but we have verified that what we're seeing on that uh display uh is what we're getting here so we've got a couple of different means of uh validating our measurements and uh so we feel that what we're measuring is pretty accur it um we've actually had the panels laying out so that they're all the same temperature so the numbers are all the same but uh just a little background on all the testing that we've done here so hopefully that gives you guys a good understanding of the equipment we're using and we're trying to make it as accurate as possible and to give us the you know Peak power in the current conditions today well everybody I hope you enjoyed this head-to-head comparison solar testing video if you did please smash that thumbs up button and I'll recommend a couple other videos if you haven't seen my cont content before maybe you'll like those ones too thanks for watching we'll see you guys in the next video ...
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