BougeRV 200 Watt 9BB Solar Panel | How long will it power a FREEZER in 100 degrees? 

This panel can put out close to 100 watts ru-vid.comUgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8FhJyg when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.

I used to have the same problem with an HOA, but then I moved out to the country, where you can still exercise your freedoms like Americans used to.

This is what I needed to see!! A real-world test. Thanks buddy!!

Great job! In an emergency you could have also put a timer on the freezer to kickoff for a while at night. That way you would shift usage to sunlight hours. There would be some loss due to recapture, but it would be during sun productive hours. Overall, I got a good idea from your test of what needs to be done to fun a double door fridge. Thanks!

Good experiment. Thanks for taking us along.

Very useful information, just what I've been looking for. Thanks for the video 👍👊

Sell your house and move to a non HOA neighborhood. I'd never live in a place that limits my freedom to do with my property as I please.

Fantastic test. I appreciate the run down day by day and the final number crunching. This would definitely be a great system to help if we run into another Snowpocalypse here in Texas.

I just bought two of those with the charge controller. I decided to send one of the panels back and just use the one. I had solar panels on my last two RVs, and they were 100 watts each. So I think one will be enough for my purposes. The foam packing came in handy to kneel on while I was on the hot roof. Good quality Bourge all around.

Nicely done. I can use all the charts and calculators in the solar world but a live test makes me a believer and understand better. Thanks

This was an awesome video brother.

Great practical video Showing actual use case not just estimated figures 👍🏼

Thanks for the huge time effort you put into doing this, I’m sure your geek side enjoyed it but it will still a big commitment. My other comment disappeared, maybe because it had a link in it but TX law prohibits hoas from restricting solar panels.

I was passing by & clicked& actually watched entire video ! I'm not a solar guy! but I do see our world changing - nice job ! I get the gist now

Another informative video. Thanks!!

Very cool power station and testing with the panel.

This is great! Thanks for sharing.

Such a great portable setup!!!!

You have a very detailed presentation that I learned a lot todays , thanks for the info love it

Brother you’re information you send out on here is awesome Im really learning a lot at 59👍thanks again from Katy Tx 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

your video makes me more confident. thank a lot.

Awesome video. Thanks!

The size isn't bad compared to others with the same input. Great review.

Another great video!

Hopefully you’re starting to feel a little better. Thanks for taking the time to do the test. The angle of your panel can make a big difference on charging watts as well. There’s a website that you can put in your location and date and it will tell you the optimal angle for you

I like that little cart thingamajig setup. A matching cart for the solar panel would be awesome. Great video, thanks

Thank Brian for your time. I'm a bit disappointed to see that this 200W panel does not product at least 90% of its capacity output (180W) on the sunny day!. I just ordered 2 BourgeRV 9BB 200W solar panels like your yesterday. It's $207.99 ea. (Amazon With Deal). I hope the package arrive in good condition like your. I'm very exciting to set up these panels with the EcoFlow pro. Again, thank you for your video. Thumb up.

Very interesting testing. I was thinking, "put that puppy on the camper while the sun passes over head". Interesting to see the top input was 142, just goes to show that so many factors contribute to the amount of input.

Good realistic real world test of emergency powering a freezer in a grid down.

Cool experiment

Very useful. Great job.

Fun little test. Another panel, longer sun, cooler temperatures and you might be able to go indefinitely. And even powered a couple of lights.

Nice. I really think 2 of those panels may extend your run time quite a bit. Battery bank size is important when it comes to days of reserved power needed. eg; Bad weather like mine in Ohio. lol Thanks again. Love the videos

I started with Renogy and ended up with 5 Bougerv 200w 9bb solar panels and I have never looked back. I mounted them in the same spot and the difference in output wattage was astonishing. I put my Renogy panels on Craigslist and marketplace and I still have them and I’m just trying to recoup half my money 😂

Hey Brian! I hope you get a second panel to see what 2 of those could do? Great idea to test out your system... I really want to build my own system one of these days... I purchased a little portable Bluetti with a folding panel for emergency... but that is only going to charge phones, laptop, and lights for a few days... anyways I am a huge fan of Will Prowse videos so I know where to get some ideas to keep it cost effective... Best wishes on your next project!

Like your shirt and your set up. Gig ‘em 👍

Thank you ....great test....I think the mistakes helped me learn the limitations ....

Toss in 1-3 more panels, that controller can handle them easily and it will help squeeze more power out of cloudy days, 2-4 panels (2s2p) is easy enough to move around with these small panels.

Incredible info. I need a set up like that for hurricane season if power goes out. Thanks for all the hard work making that video. Takes a lot of dedication. Thank you Brian. 👍 #brianwatersoutdoors

Awesome video and data now it could technically run forever with 1000 watts of solar panel

I have 800 amh.panels. and 400 amh batterie. Offgrid . I use my small deep freezer and a cold box . I only run it in the sunny hours . Chills thing frosty cold but not freezing. I run a fan in summer mostly 24 hours a day . I use my tv some . Lights . Chargeing tools qnd stuff. I have to turn somethings things off at night . Just to not over discharge my batteries.

Usually, the HOA "president" has the biggest solar array in the neighborhood... facing the street.

thank you for your video. it is very helpful. I want to know how many watt the freezer consume total and in specific of time. thank you

this is a good test even if not well done because its not perfect. shows a 110 freezer can be run off 1 200 watt solar in emergency or for those of us looking to go solar gives a real world what would 8 panels with a decent battery bank do. the freezer/ fridge and or ac is a big question for alot. if 12v would do it or no.. thanks man love it i feel i learned something.

Great video and answered a lot of questions about capacity etc. I think it was pretty darned impressive given your limitations with the placement of the panel. I guess it is safe to guess that had the panels been properly oriented south and with optimal angles it could possibly have run 10 days or more. Another 200 watt will be interesting. I assume you turned off the controller each night. I love your dolly and I assume there is a video on the build. I subbed and will take a look around your channel. I have pretty much everything pulled together to build a system. I have two two hundred watt Renogy portables, four LifePo4 batteries. I am trying to prepare for hurricane season. During hunting season I will place two of the batteries and the inverter in my travel trailer which has a 160 watt installed on the roof. I would like to add another 160 top side. I can also bring along my portable panels and controller and tie that in as well. Thank you for sharing.

quality content.. the redundant stuff is just that, but it's important to show new people that this is not magic. and set proper expectations. even after spending about 600 dollars.

I wonder if 2-3 panels would keep you sustainable? Oh and I wanted to say WHOOP! Gig Em! 👍

This was actually a very good test of solar/battery/device power usage. I have the same situation with eastern sun for one solar panel and another solar project, for deck lighting, with the panel facing west. At approx. 12:45pm the eastern panel, mounted on the side of my garage, loses light. Shortly after the western panel picks up light until dusk. I'm able to gather enough solar power in the time I have sun on both projects, as they are both low wattage. Again great and informative test. That 9BB is big enough to have a nice flat screen TV on its back side. Ha! #brianwatersoutdoors

Glad you caught your panel geography mistake. You made me chuckle a little when you left it propped up in the shade.

Great testing. BTW, to closer number power being pulled from battery, you need to factor in the inverter efficiency, 85% is typical, so you were consuming 4.4kWh measured on the AC output of the inverter, that means the power consumption on the DC side of the inverter will be about 4.4kWh/0.85 = 5.18kWh.

In future you can buy 100ft solar cable and another panel, put it in your back yard to catch afternoon sun. Maybe do a parallel connection one for morning another for afternoon.

Good test. You could gotten more power out of the panel in the panel was set at a correct angle with the sun.

You are handy maybe make a tilt mechanism for your panels when set up in the driveway it would help you maximize your input and useful during a power outage. Two panels would probably run n that indefinitely in good weather.

Question, I wonder if with this setup would the MPPT pass though directly to the inverter if the battery was full? To avoid battery load if you are running a high use item during that day that is below the energy created by the solar.

Cool video thanks for sharing

Cool deal Brian ! How are you friend? Cooler in Louisiana today , thank goodness for some rain !

Good video btw.

Great test run. Thanks for taking a LOT of time to video/edit/and move your setup all around. Could you set up a 2 panel on a pivoting pole in the backyard? I have 2 of these 200W 9BB panels mounted on the side of my house using Ecoworthy brackets. (Facing straight on South) I can easily change angles for seasons and only need 20 ft of extension cable to my Ecoflow 2 Max. (2048 wh) I can easily run my 15 cu. ft. upright freezer indefinitely along with my 65” oled tv, 7.1 ch speakers, & WiFi router. (I’m kinda cheating as I have a Ecoflow D2M battery as well) Thanks again for doing all this work for us. Clearly I’m late to this “party” but I just got my system up and running late May 2024. You just earned a new sub as you take the time to make good informative yet concise ‘tube’ 🙏👍

patio mounted the 2 solar panel in back yard.

you are very articulate which makes your explanations highly useful.... do fix the lighting. 🙂

One big loss is inverter idle when the compressor isn’t running. A chest freezer can keep food cold for 48+ hours and should be able to cool back down fully from a short off time in 4 hours or so. Run the freezer when there is sun and cut off freezer at night. If you do this, you should be able to run the freezer indefinitely since you are adding power during the day.

That's because the Charge Controller has no ability to measure the output of the Battery. I believe that if you had the BougeRV inverter then the Inverter would connect to the App and fill in the discharge values. I had ran a similar test on a Medium Refrigerator with 600W of Solar Panels and 400 Ah of batteries. Pretty sure I would be able to run it in perpetuity.

Great set up for emergencies. Did you ever opened the freezer? Were the new contents you put in there frozen?

I’ll never live in HOA. But can you do a video on how you did your shore power setup in the truck?

Ever think of building a rack for the solar panels on wheels so u can move them and adjust when sun moves can move them easy n get more sun throughout the day. Also if put 2 panels probably get close to 100% by 2pm

It seems like two of those panels with a battery rig like that would probably be able to keep that freezer running quite well. With that two panel setup I think that would be enough for a basic RV in the summer time but I would want to double that capacity (both in terms of batteries and panels) for a rig built with long term use in mind (I am thinking van-life style rigs and possibly holiday cabins).

Aparently these panels work well in cloud-. I'm considering using a sundanzer Chest freezer which is DC so id get no inverter ac/dc inefficiencies....Your test was amazing i didn't think it would almost keep up. Seems with just 2 panels you could run your freezer.

Interesting, try a 200w bifacial solar panel. Thanks for sharing. 😊

Great test...shows placement of the panel does play a big part in trying to keep up with the depletion curve. Imagine camping with this setup with a small freezer, or even having two panels.

nice practical test. What are the specs or model info on that battery again?

Hello brother ,good review .can you please do another video where you will take us step by step how you build that solar generator

This was a great little video Brian thanks for taking the time to put it out. The question is always "How much solar do you need". In the video I don't think you mentioned how many amps the fridge was using when it cycled. For me and maybe it's the wrong way to look at it but I'm trying to judge my system by my amps per hour output. So how many amps did your fridge use when it cycled? With only 8 amps going into the battery it would never stay topped off it your usage was 8 amps. Is that the right way to see it? If your solar power was 400 watts putting out 17 amps would that have solved it? Doubling your wattage and amp input would that have been enough? My camper van if everything ran all the time uses about 9 amps and hour. What do you think? Thanks and good work.

Very compact station. Size of wheels? Where can i get them? Tks

Another great setup! Are you planning to get a setup for your camper? 🍻

The angle of the panel could be improved to increase your charge at any given time. Laying it flat on the ground is not optimal, other than for a short period of time.

Maybe build a little angled solar mount with casters on the bottom?

Since you have little camper in your garage, you should run test with that camper A/C instead of that freezer.

BELIEVE , I , might give some thought to mounting a MIRROR across the driveway to reflect onto the panel ! ! ??

That output refers to the load slot from your charge controller, for lights etc. I think, I never use it. My way of thinking, 600 watts of panels would give you more of a long-term solution for that battery, that's depending on rain etc. Your test did answer my question about short term solutions, in case of tornadoes, hurricanes, gorilla etc. I hope your mom didn't get mad at you for throwing her curtains away. I also hope you ain't mad at me for saying you were gonna get a whooping. LOL. Hope the hoa ppl didn't get on you too bad.

Get the panel on a pivot frame and just track the sun over your drive? Love the video by the way

I RePurposed my sons portable basketball backboard. It holds a 420 watt residential panel that i can move around is i want to.

Been like Christmas in August at Brian’s house. Lol # brianwatersoutdoors

You could probably run the freezer indefinitely if you allow the batteries to charge and power the freezer off during charge times. The freezer does not need to operate 100 percent of the time unless your opening it constantly, but obviously that should be avoided. Just a thought. Nice information to know, so thanks for that....

Great video, As always put in easy terms that anyone can understand and I like the products. Thanks #Brianwatersoutdoors

How long you think this set up will run an rv AC?

Yeah that sucks. Some states have laws where hoa's arent allowed to interfere with solar installation except in a few circumstances.

Hey Brian. I'm just guessing here but most likely you showed zero discharge amount because that app works with charge controllers that have load capabilities.

If the poo hit the fan,you could unplug the freezer at night.If you didn't open it you could probably get away with it staying frozen overnight,then you could plug it backup during the hottest part of the day,and make power also.

The 0 on your discharge is on your charge controller. There is likely a DC output on the charge controller, and you have nothing in it. If you want to see output from the battery, you have to meter coming off of your battery to the inverter.

Wish you spoke a little bit on the build quality of the panel like the frame is it sturdy or flimsy... 😕

How much would that exact set up coast if i was to buy it.

Nice real world test. Very similar to AskIve and his power / solar tests and uses.

Take it Camping !!!

Nice little setup but your HOA sucks😅 ... With that being said maybe vdo a video on how long it takes the 200 watt panel to charge the battery . 👍🏽

Your charge controller is only going to show output wattage from its load terminals which your aren't using--and which you shouldn't use for the size loads you're running.

I don't understand 200 Watts for 300 Dollars when you can get three panels for $87 a panel and get 300 watts please explain what is the benefit of this panel

I don't know if you can do it but I know I could do it if I wanted to I could make a daisy solar panel Pole what does your housing committee say about lawn art???

How do I get the refrigerator 🤩

Can you put it it on the roof of your truck?

I seem to recall from other videos that it’s a federal law that HOA’s can’t restrict roof solar. I can’t tell you how to look it up, it’s a real bummer if they actually have the ability to restrict that.