Battle Born Elite 230W 12V Rigid Solar Panel
A 230 W, 12 V rigid glass panel in 59.84 x 30.12 in and 28.03 lb, with ShadeGuard anti-shading, a 10-year product warranty and a 25-year output warranty.
$230
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Usability
3.7 out of 10Strengths
- Typical output in one 12 V panel
- Long workmanship warranty
- Linear output warranty for the long term
- Tempered glass on an aluminum frame
- Rated for heavy snow and wind loads
Drawbacks
- Module efficiency well under the printed figure
- Loses output quickly as it heats
- Junction boxdiodes and connectors unpublished
- Product page height differs from the data sheet
- No independent reviews yet
Specs
- CapacityNot applicable
- AC OutputNot applicable
- System VoltageNot applicable
- Panel Power200-249 W
- Charge CurrentNot applicable
- Safety ListingNone verifiable
- Low-Temp ChargingNot applicable
- Warranty10 Years
- MonitoringNot applicable
- Weight28.0 lb
Not published by the maker: cell type.
At a glance
- 59.84 x 30.12 x 1.38 in
- 64 cells, 4 x 16
- 13.39 A short circuit
- NOCT 47 °C
- Battle Born Batteries is the brand of Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. of Reno, Nevada (Nasdaq: DFLI), a company founded in 2012.
- Dragonfly Energy acquired the Dakota Lithium brand's assets in July 2026 and runs that brand separately from Battle Born.
It sells with a cart at battlebornbatteries.com, through dealers and installers on its dealer locator, and on Amazon US, where Amazon.com sells its 100Ah battery.
The Battle Born Elite 230W 12V Rigid Solar Panel, model BBPV-12-230, is a 230 W rigid panel of 64 monocrystalline cells in a 4 x 16 layout with Battle Born's ShadeGuard anti-shading design.
Its data sheet rates it 18.37 V and 12.56 A at maximum power, 21.57 V open-circuit and 13.39 A short-circuit, with a power tolerance of plus or minus 5 percent and a 1,000 V DC maximum system voltage.
It measures 59.84 x 30.12 x 1.38 in by the data sheet and weighs 28.03 lb, with low-iron tempered glass on an anodized aluminum frame. The data sheet rates it for 5,400 Pa snow load and 2,400 Pa wind load with salt-mist and UV resistance, and for operation from -40 to 185 °F.
Battle Born gives it a 10-year product warranty and a 25-year linear performance warranty to 80.68 percent of rated output. No mounting brackets are listed with it; the store sells Z brackets, MC4 fuses and extension cables separately.