(11 July 2012, 22:06)Jan Wrote: Thanks for the knowledgeable info, I thought if there where spare panels lying about on roofs doing nothing somebody could make use of them in certain scenario's, Thought it would save me the possibility of buying a portable setup....then again I couldn't afford that either.
Your plan would work, IE snaffling abandoned PV panels from abandoned properties, just snaffle the charging system and batteries as well.
My own eye is fixed on the multi PV and micro wind turbine powered road signs around here, after TSHTF if the power fails I'm off out with a giant set of pipe cutters.