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The kids of the North American Solar Challenge really inspired me to make the E-Riding Mower, solar powered.
The two large Panels are wired in series for aprox 44vdc (OCV) to charge the 36volt mower's traction pack. The smaller panel will be used to charge the Electric WeedEater.
Please check out the photos/videos from the 2008 North American Solar Challenge, and the official website at: www.americansolarchallenge.org
Demonstration of a fully electric aeroplane charged from off-grid solar power.
Photo Credit: Andy McNair
Students attend class virtually outside at the solar charging table in the BMU Marketplace on Monday, September 13, 2021 in Chico, Calif.
(Jason Halley/University Photographer/Chico State)
At around 3pm today, despite the few fleeting moments of sunshine and my attempts to real-time charge my Blackberry by solar energy, the battery in my Blackberry was indicating low power. It's now 5:20pm and the Blackberry's radio is still active and I'm receiving emails on it without any problems. The sun has decided to come out and so the Solio is out, pointing towards the sun and the Blackberry is connected to it in an attempt to squeeze out a few Watts of energy before the evening draws towards sunset. It's pretty blustery outside. Lets hope my Solio and Blackberry don't end up in the air or in someone else's garden ;-)
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They aren't hazmat suits. The suits are to protect customers during carbon fiber sanding. The Alambamboo riders can attest to these being very handy.
The start of day four of my solar experiment was predictable. The previous day had little or no sun and as a result my Solio did not charge up at all. The few fleeting moments of sun that did appear yesterday did nothing to charge up my Blackberry. As a result, the Blackberry was very low on power by 5pm yesterday.
This morning, as you can see from the photograph, it is raining. Oh, they ARE going to have fun at Lords today for their cricket match, NOT!
Thus ends my solar experiment. With no power left in the Solio and my Blackberry dead, it's time to plug in to the grid and just get juiced up. The cool thing about the Solio is that it comes with a USB charging cable so right now I'm powering up the Solio AND my Blackberry at the same time via two USB sockets on my MacBook Pro laptop computer. So, even when the sun doesn't shine, there's STILL something to do with your Solio. I'm tellin' ya, they thought out the design of this little box of tricks really well. Well worth having one, even in a cloudy country like the UK.
This experiment was a new way of using the Solio. Normally I would not rely solely upon solar energy to power my mobile phones. The way I usually use my Solio is to make sure it's internal battery is fully charged up and when I go out for a long trek or go away on vacation, I will carry the Solio with me for emergency charges when there isn't a wall socket close by to draw power directly from the grid. In that respect the Solio is a no brainer. It's not just a portable battery, but a battery you can recharge on solar power. Quite often, when I am going for a trek or on vacation, it's usually in a sunny place and so the Solio works brilliantly.
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Since there are no amenities when interior camping, we brought along a solar panel to recharge batteries. The rocks made a perfect place for solar charging.
North Arm, Opeongo Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park
Testing Graham Knight's method of directly charging a Nokia 3595 cellphone by connecting a 5v 80ma solar cell to the internal battery.
My Solio experiment starts today. The objective is as follows:
How long can I keep my Blackberry 8310 running purely on "sunshine power" before I get to a situation where my Blackberry totally runs out of power during business hours, leaving to me reach for the mains power charger?
The experiment starts today, a semi-cloudy and sunny day where it was overcast all morning and then we had intermittent sunshine throughout the afternoon. I'll be running this experiment for one month or until the Blackberry dies on me at which point the experiment ends - whichever comes first.
Today, the Solio was left at home pointing due south, towards the afternoon sun. I'm hoping that by the time I get home today, I will have at least 4/5 green flashes of the charge LED on the Solio, showing me that the internal battery is about 80% charged. I'll then charge my Blackberry over night directly from Solio.
I usually turn my Blackberry off for at least 7-8 hours over night so its battery should not be discharging over night. This basically means I'll continue to use my Blackberry as normal without changing my usage pattern in any way. Lets see how long the May sunshine in the UK can keep me going. As I move around quite a lot during the day, I am not carrying the Solio on me, instead opting to leave it exposed to as much sunshine as possible at home.
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McIce equipped bicycle. On front N95 as a navigator and solar charger on the back for charging the N95 (+ BT GPS reciever)
Geocaching on "Rengasreitti", Turku archipelago.
McIce HTPC -varusteltu polkupyörä. Edessä N95 navigaattorina + geocache navigaattorina ja takana on aurinkokennolaturi, joka lataa kännykän (sekä erillisen bluetooth gps-vastaanottimen silloin kun se on käytössä).
Kuva saariston Rengasreitiltä, erään geokätkön läheltä.
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It hasn't been a good "solar week" in London. Day 3 of my solar experiment starts today with grey, dull, overcast skies. I had left the Solio balanced on my front bedroom window since last night so it could have a chance to catch the early morning sun, and I think it did catch some of it. I have only one flash of the charge LED as of this morning. That's about a 10% charge of the internal battery in the Solio.
From the previous nights charging, the Solio managed to boost the Blackberry battery to about 40%. The phone is now switched on for rest of the day. If the sun does show up today, I'm going to connect the Solio to the Blackberry and see if I can do some "real-time" solar to phone charging. I have a feeling the Blackberry is going to run out of juice before the day ends.
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Day 2 of my solar experiment starts at around 8.15am. The day has started off pretty cloudy, although the sun is forcing its way through some broken clouds. As you can see from this photo, the Solio is actually receiving some charge as the LED is showing red which means the panels are converting the suns light in to energy.
Last night the Solio managed to boost the Blackberry batter up to two thirds charge. Not bad, considering the charge LED was indicating only 20-30% charge capacity.
The weather is forecast to be semi cloudy today, much like yesterday, so I doubt I'll get more than two flashes of the LED again today. Lets see what mother nature intends for my solar experiment today :-)
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Day two of my solar power experiment comes to an end. It has almost ended in disaster! The Blackberry had all but run out of power. The battery was on its last legs by 9pm and the phone had turned off the radio, leaving only the phone applications active with no access to a data network.
Pictured here is the Blackberry being charged up by the Solio at the end of day two. Today was another semi-cloudy day with broken clouds and a few brief moments of sunshine. From 8.30am to 6.30pm the Solio attempted to charge itself up but only managed to gain two flashes of the charge indicator LED. This indicates the internal battery is only 20-30% charged. I will leave the Blackberry charging over night, turned off and continue to run on solar energy for the rest of tomorrow in hope that the battery can be made to last.
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Successful demonstration of a fully electric aeroplane charged from off-grid solar power.
Photo Credit: Andy McNair
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Blackberry battery down to one quarter charge. Some fleeting moments of sun is charging the Solio. Trying to charge the Blackberry in real-time. It's not looking good!
Time to disconnect the Blackberry now, and head out to the post office. Lets hope I don't get a lengthy call in that time period :-) Please sun, can I have some more rays of hope whilst I'm out?
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It's still day one of my solar experiment. I put my Solio in a good sun-facing position at around 1pm this afternoon and by 6.30pm this evening there were only two flashes of the charge capacity LED on the Solio. This indicates about 30-40% charge on the internal battery. I am a little disappointed but not too surprising since the sun has been ducking in and out from amongst clouds all afternoon.
This evening is similar for the afternoon today, with a lot of high altitude wispy cloud mixed with large clumps of broken up lower altitude cloud. The Solio has been repositioned to directly face the sun as it heads towards the west. We still have a few more hours of light left till sun-down. Lets see if we can get three flashes of the charge LED.
It'll be interesting to see how long my Blackberry lasts tomorrow, following an over-night charge from the Solio tonight.
Incidentally, you might have noticed the solar powered ornamental lamp behind the Solio. I use it in the back garden to create soft, dim light in murky corners at night.
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Live remote monitoring of the NUNCATS charging station shows that in the UK, in January the solar station is providing more power than is needed to charge the aircraft and is topping up the ground batteries at the same time.
Photo Credit: Andy McNair
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NUNCATS Tim Bridge explains how the off grid solar charging station captures solar energy in ground batteries to allow rapid charging of an electric vehicle.
Photo Credit: Andy McNair
NUNCATS Tim Bridge explains how the off grid solar charging station captures solar energy in ground batteries to allow rapid charging of an electric vehicle.
Photo Credit: Andy McNair
NUNCATS Tim Bridge is interviewed about the successful demonstration of a fully electric aeroplane charged from off-grid solar power.
Photo Credit: Andy McNair
Nuncats backer poses for a photograph before becoming a passenger in the first off-grid solar charged electric flight from Old Buckenham Airfield.
Photo Credit: Andy McNair
Successful demonstration of a fully electric aeroplane charged from off-grid solar power.
Photo Credit: Andy McNair