Hi all,
Okay, there are a LOT of charger discussion threads here and on the web.
However, I appear to be suffering from overload.
What I need is a basic, easy to build solar powered trickle circuit to keep my car battery charged.
The power source is already set: I have two solar panels rated at 15V @ 100mA.
That's not much power, and in a later circuit I might use bigger solar panels, but this is what I have to test with.
I had guessed that it might be as easy as putting a diode inline and pluggin it all in through the cigarrette lighter.
Does anyone have a clear cut circuit for this exact use?
Thank you!
Solar Powered Car Battery Charger Circuit
- Chris Smith
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Most remote generator sites use a max of 250ma current also called a float charge and will not charge a battery but maintain a fully charged battery. It would also depend on your location and season in the winter if you where in a cold climate you could use a higher current to charge-maintain the battery a security system will draw about 125-200 ma in a armed state. The lighter plug as others have said would be the best way to gofast and easy.
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- Chris Smith
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If the solar cell is rated at 100 ma, you won't be getting 200 from it, not without a concentrator- which is a possibility.
Use a regulator if you have more source energy than your load needs- in this case your load needs all it can get from your source so no reg.
700 ma sounds like a lot, JP! Alarm system? Computer? Seat warmers left on?
Use a regulator if you have more source energy than your load needs- in this case your load needs all it can get from your source so no reg.
700 ma sounds like a lot, JP! Alarm system? Computer? Seat warmers left on?
- Chris Smith
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Car batteries today, and the bank account are the same.
Draw more than the account has over time and perhaps you will end up bankrupt?
But remember that most cars run each day so the account is full each night. when you park it and don’t use it, and only then it helps to keep adding as many pennies as you can afford over time, because like a meter, some bucks are just going out the window and so any replacement is good.
Im not familiar with any older car battery going dead on its own, because with out any major draw like the alarm system, all my cars still start even after 6 months on their own, cold, hot or dry?
BUT if you do have an active draw on the battery,[alarm] help it along with a solar charger.
A friend did this on his small 6volt Yamaha MC with a tiny solar charger and never had to worry about time or dead batteries. It always started and ran.
Draw more than the account has over time and perhaps you will end up bankrupt?
But remember that most cars run each day so the account is full each night. when you park it and don’t use it, and only then it helps to keep adding as many pennies as you can afford over time, because like a meter, some bucks are just going out the window and so any replacement is good.
Im not familiar with any older car battery going dead on its own, because with out any major draw like the alarm system, all my cars still start even after 6 months on their own, cold, hot or dry?
BUT if you do have an active draw on the battery,[alarm] help it along with a solar charger.
A friend did this on his small 6volt Yamaha MC with a tiny solar charger and never had to worry about time or dead batteries. It always started and ran.
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