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60w Powkey:




This was a bit of an impulse-buy as I was looking for a medium power solar wallet to do some testing on. It
works pretty well and is the smallest one I've seen with a built-in kick stand for angling the panels. Being an
impulse buy I paid way too much for it, but I found several of them much cheaper later and got several to
pass around. It didn't say in the listing, but the panel's label says its a PowKey model BQ24650.

This is by far the cheapest solar wallet I've seen, clocking in at well below a dollar a watt. Usually wallets
are a much lower value due to their overhead. The power box has a pair of USB-A ports one USB-C, and a
5.5mm barrel for connecting the panels directly to an external solar controller. Also included are two cables
for the panel port - one has a barrel on the other end that can be connected to an adapter from the included
set (that might work to charge a laptop) and another with a PP35 powerpole on the other end. (nice!) Ports
claim to support quick-charge 3.0 so should be able to make decent use of all those panels.

The wallet unfolds three 36-cell panels (wired in parallel), and can produce a Vmpp of around 18 volts on
the panel port, so should work with most single-panel controllers for charging 12v batteries. (you will need
to provide your own solar controller for that though)

I need to test performance with one or two panels shaded, though they're probably wired in parallel so
that blocking even one panel may completely disable energy collection.


2025.05.16 test five Powkey s60 medium wallets (in test sessions)

2025.05.25 PolyEnergy LIFE test (in test sessions)

accesories I pack


Powkey 60W medium solar wallet ($50 at eBay)

upgrading the panel cable

36 cells per panel	60w wallet back	60w wallet front	60w wallet open 1	60w wallet open 2	box specifications
dimensions	generous accessory pouch	included	label	more ordered	power box 1
power box 2	S60 specs (power)	S60 specs (product)

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