VW Trickle Charge Solar Panel ... question
 

I was goofing.. looking on ebay. these trickle charge VW solar panels are
selling for around $15 bucks.

If you have used one? How is the connector changed? Any advice, info..
etc.

I realize this is just a trickle .. but for $15 .. might help out..

What is your expert advice.

VW Trickle Charge Solar Panel ... question
 

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:24:00 -0500, wrote:

You will need several to make it at all worth the effort to have them aboard.
It's about the tiniest trickle imaginable.

Suitable for keeping a few nicads charged, perhaps? For what its
worth, of all the possible chemistries, nicad goes down the fastest,
lead acid the slowest. 1% a day v 1% a month.

Casady

VW Trickle Charge Solar Panel ... question
 

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:42:49 -0500, wrote:

All they do is try and keep a battery from going totally dead and possibly
freezing while in transit or storage. With a good light source, I'll bet it
would power a small LCD calculator, as long as it wasn't one that prints.

My calculator, a HP48, has 49 keys and a four line display. They don't
make them any larger. I call it the "Calculator that Takes No
Prisoners". Three AAA batteries last over a year. In other words, even
the largest LCD calculators use only tiny ammounts of energy.

Casady

VW Trickle Charge Solar Panel ... question