Solar Battery Chargers?
Justin
cigarette lighter/power socket plug?
I'm looking for something to charge digital camera, camcorder and
possibly satellite internet transceiver batteries.
All of the devices will have car power socket adapters for the chargers.
Cheeky Bastard
CB
Justin
the ones I'm seeing plug IN to the lighter socket to trickle charge the
vehicle's battery.
That's not quite what I want. I want to be able to power something that
has a 12v lighter socket adapter.
Cheeky Bastard
You're going to need a battery array and a charge controller and an
inverter.
Post in a RV group and guys have links to pages I don't have on this PC.
Harbor has some panels also.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=96352
CB
Justin
Something tells me I'm buying a little generator.
ShadowTek
> Post in a RV group and guys have links to pages I don't have on this PC.
> Harbor has some panels also.
Or alt.solar.photovoltaic
Cheeky Bastard
So now you see all you must get together? Not so portable.
I have two jump packs and 3 small inverters. One inverter is bigger than
the next and used depending on what I need for power.
Then I have a really quiet Kawasaki suitcase style generator.
I was curious about getting this cheap one as a lighter power source.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=66523
CB
Gordon
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So? Go to Radio Shack and get a lighter socket Y adapter, do
a bit of surgery. There you go.
Leythos
jus...@nobecauseihatespam.com says...
http://store.sundancesolar.com/12wasochpafo.html
It was simple enough to type SOLAR BATTERY CHARGER into google and find
hundreds of links
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Bernhard Agthe
As you want to use solar power, you should try to avoid extra power
adaptors - they loose you too much power (by converting it to heat).
Many devices can be charged by 5V (Mini-USB or cell phones plug) today,
so it's probably a good idea to get a 5V-Solar panel and a few adaptor
plugs (which have no electronics in them).
By the way, getting a 5V solar panel will make it cheaper, smaller and
lighter - so it's a good idea to check whether that works, first.
A short while ago, I did see a backpack-compatible solar panel (light,
can be bent) that does output 5V, made by a swiss company.
Apart from that, if you really really can not avoid the 12V-panel with
additional adaptors solution, replacing the plug with a socket should be
simple, but please do it right (I have seen lapms connected to a wall
socket by open cables just stuffed into the socket - ugh!).
;-)
Ciao...
Tom Biasi
"Justin" <jus...@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message
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I suggest that you see how much current your present charger supplies and
then see what it would take in solar cells to match that. If the solar cell
doesn't give a rating in amps, divide the power by the voltage. You will
soon see how inefficient solar cells are. If you have all day in bright sun
you can do some small charging without a very large array.
Tom
Tim
Tom Biasi
"Tim" <dogn...@windstream.net> wrote in message
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I suggested Watts/Volts=Amps
Tom
Tim
TheLoneRanger1OO
Here you go: