Solar Battery Chargers

Jay Honeck wrote:
This is enough to charge batteries, and power small radios.

I'm still skeptical that this is enough, but I hope it does work. It
would be a great little product if it is. Can you run some tests and
let us know? First, try running your cell phone until it's almost dead
and then see how long it takes for this thing to charge it up to full.

--- Jay


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I'm still skeptical that this is enough, but I hope it does work. It
would be a great little product if it is. Can you run some tests and
let us know? First, try running your cell phone until it's almost dead
and then see how long it takes for this thing to charge it up to full.

Thus far the only test I've run is to see if the cell phone "recognizes"
that it's being charged. (I've got a newer "LG" phone. It has some sort of
logic circuitry that "knows" when it's being charged, and changes it's
appearance and state while it's charging.)

It was night-time, so I just held the unit up next to a regular incandescent
bulb. The cell phone "recognized" that it was being charged, even with such
a dim light source.

I figure direct sun will really make it go, but I'll test it out.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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www.AlexisParkInn.com
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