Hikermor... what battery/cell size have you settled on for your emergency power? my dedicated hurricane lighting and electronics are AA Eneloop, and charge in about 3.5 hours with my Goal Zero 7w panel, and 45 minutes with 120vac...

I have changed my thinking, and have relegated the GZ panel to backup, and the deep discharge battery to primary power storage as it is 95 amp/hour... kept on a float charger, and I have multiple gasoline driven charging options... in the 9 day outage in 2004, its predecessor did a good job keeping the small fan running, and providing power for the analog TV (which has been replaced)

old pic, previously shown, of the hard wired 12v female receptacle and fuse... the charger is now the weak link and will get a backup when I can find one... this one works on 12vdc, 120vac, and 5vusb...charges AA and AAA