NewtonTalk.net September 2008 archive: Re: [NTLK] Solar Charger

From: Ed Kummel <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Sep 09 2008 - 17:26:14 EDT

I think that it was discussed on this list a few years ago and was found out that charging batteries with solar panels was rather pointless in that it invariably took longer to charge the batteries than the sun actually shined for an entire day. Granted, that was using solar technology that was several years old and with off the shelf consumer products. Better results were had with custom solar systems or multiple solar systems in parallel.
Do a search on the archives for the word "solar" and see what comes up.
Perhaps with recent advances in third generation solar technology, it may be somewhat more practical than it was back in 2002 when this subject took over this list originally!
Ed
web/gadget guru
http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)
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- 'Fake' Steve Jobs 3/24/08 blog entry

--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Goodwin, Greg P. <GoodwinG@aafes.com> wrote:

From: Goodwin, Greg P. <GoodwinG@aafes.com>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Solar Charger Comments?
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 4:30 PM

Curious about this too. I have a Solar panel that puts out the right
amount of voltage, but fluctuates as solar energy does. I realized I
needed a way to regulate the power. That is as far as I got.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:06 PM
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Subject: [NTLK] Solar Charger Comments?

Looking through the NTLK archives on this item
(http://tinyurl.com/642oz8 ,
"NIB Apple Newton / Ipod Solar charger for ALL Models") didn't
return
any
good results, so I'll ask here. Has anyone had any success? Think I'd
need 1
or 2 of these? I'm not interested in information on the seller, just the
particular solar AC refreshing technology.

Thanks.

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