Product Overview
The PVK Solar Kits are the smallest, simplest SunWize building block: shelf-stocked, unit-priced bundles of a 40, 50, or 60 W solar panel with an integrated PWM charge controller, a pre-wired output cable, and side-of-pole mounting hardware, ready to ship. The kit generates and regulates power out of the box — you add the battery and enclosure (or have Prater kit them in) to complete a system for a small remote load: a telemetry radio, an RTU, a sensor station, or solar signage. Choose a PVK kit when the load is small and you are assembling or topping up a compact system; for a complete engineered package, the PRE and Power Ready lines arrive sized and integrated.
Key Features & Benefits
- Shelf-stocked and unit-priced — the kit ships from stock at a published price — no sizing conversation needed to buy the generate-and-regulate front end of a small supply. Order it like a catalog part, not a quoted system.
- Panel, controller, and mount — matched and ready — the module, its PWM charge controller, and mounting hardware come together as a kit, so the generating front end is sorted in one part number. One SKU instead of sourcing a panel, a controller, and a bracket separately.
- A clean building block for a small off-grid supply — it covers the generating and regulating stage of a compact system; bring the storage — battery and enclosure — and you have a complete supply for a few-watt remote load. Start here, finish with the balance-of-system.
- Sized for the small loads that dominate remote telemetry — 40, 50, and 60 W cover the bulk of single-radio, single-sensor, and signage loads, so the common remote jobs have an off-the-shelf answer. The everyday small-load kit, not a special order.
Specifications
- System type
- Solar panel + PWM controller + mount kit — a generate-and-regulate front end for a small off-grid supply; add a battery and enclosure (or have Prater kit them in) to complete a system.
- Power / load class
- 40, 50, or 60 W panel — small telemetry, RTU, sensor, and signage loads.
- PV array
- A single 40, 50, or 60 W solar module per kit.
- Charge controller
- Integrated PWM charge controller (Morningstar SunKeeper), pre-mounted and pre-wired with the module.
- Mounting
- Side-of-pole mounting hardware included with the kit.
- Environment
- Outdoor-rated solar module for unattended remote service.
- What’s included
- Solar module, an integrated PWM charge controller, a pre-wired output cable, and side-of-pole mounting hardware. The battery and enclosure are added to complete the supply.
- Pricing
- Unit-priced — shelf-stocked. Published starting prices: 40 W from $510.46, 50 W from $519.45, 60 W from $675.00.
- Fulfillment & lead time
- Shelf-stocked — ships promptly; fulfilled by factory drop-ship with optional Prater kitting (add the battery and enclosure as a kit).
Common Applications
- Small SCADA / RTU and telemetry radios — a single transmitter or data-logger drawing a few watts
- Solar signage, beacons, and small traffic / ITS devices on a dawn-to-dusk duty cycle
- Environmental sensor stations — a weather, flow, or level sensor at a remote point
- Topping up or assembling a compact off-grid supply where you add your own controller, battery, and enclosure
- OEM and integrator builds that need a known-good panel-plus-controller front end at a published unit price
Design & Selection Considerations
- A kit is a building block, not a finished system — the PVK is the panel, its PWM charge controller, and the mount — it generates and regulates power but does not yet store it. Plan for the battery and enclosure as part of the same supply, or have Prater kit them in so it arrives complete. Budget the balance-of-system, not just the panel.
- Match the panel wattage to the load and the worst-month sun — a 40, 50, or 60 W panel suits a small telemetry, sensor, or signage load — but the right size still depends on the daily watt-hours and the site’s winter sun. Undersize it and the battery runs flat in a cloudy stretch. Use the input form to give us the daily load and the location and we will tell you which kit (and what battery) carries it.
To choose the right SunWize PVK kit:
To scope a SunWize system we work from the load and the site. The two most useful numbers are the equipment’s daily energy in watt-hours per day and its duty cycle (continuous, or dawn-to-dusk, or intermittent). With those plus the site location (which sets the worst-month sun), the autonomy you need (how many no-sun days the battery must carry), the system voltage if the equipment dictates one, and the environment / area classification and mounting available, Prater sizes the array, battery, controller, and enclosure and returns a quote. Use the input form to send the load profile and we will tell you which SunWize system fits.
Remote Solar Power Application Sheet ›Talk to an engineer directly — Scott Prater, Principal · 917-580-0878 · scott@pratertechnical.com
Specifications compiled by Prater Technical Partners from SunWize Technologies published product literature.