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Welcome to
Solar Power Kit &
Heavy Duty Solar Power Kit
(6614 & 6612)
The Solar Power Kit and the Heavy Duty Solar Power Kit allow you to power and
shelter your Vantage Pro2 or Vantage Vue console, or your Weather Envoy or
Envoy8X for remote or field installations. The kits consist of three key elements: a
solar panel, a battery, and a regulator circuit; in a protective housing in which the
console or Envoy can be mounted.
The Solar Power Kit (product number 6614) comes with a 1.4 Ah battery. This
battery is sufficient, in most cases, to power wireless Vantage Pro2 consoles,
Vantage Vue consoles, and wireless Weather Envoys.
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The wireless outdoor sensor
suite is powered separately by the sensor suite’s solar panel.) It includes a 5 watt
solar panel.
The Heavy Duty Solar Power Kit (product number 6612) comes with a 12Ah
battery. It is required to power cabled consoles, cabled Weather Envoy, and
Envoy8X, or wherever extra power is needed. It includes a 5 watt solar panel.
In low light or poor conditions, you may need the Heavy Duty Solar Power Kit to
power wireless consoles or Envoys.
Note: Your Solar Power Kit comes with a battery designed to charge in temperatures as low as
-20°C. If your installation is in a location with low temperatures, you should replace the
battery with a Davis battery:
12 Amp. Hr. battery: product number 7011.025
1.4 Amp. Hr.battery: product number 7011.005
If your installation is in a warmer climate, you may replace the 12 Amp. Hr. battery with a
6-volt, 12 Ah, gel cell battery (standard motorcycle battery). You may replace the 1.4
Amp. Hr. battery with a 6-volt, 1.4 Ah, gel cell battery. These batteries will only charge at
temperatures above 0°C. (With either battery, your Solar Power Kit can function down to -
40°C.)
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