View allAll Photos Tagged solarcell
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?
- uploaded by ShoZu
This innovation is really "cool". It is thin and light. Some are being developed in Switzerland or in nearby regions.
Back of the panel. A little messy, but no one will see this part of save from me to do any maintenance. I drilled two holes in the acrylic in the back to access the terminals, and soldered some 18# braided wire to the leads. The electrical tape on the back in the center is just holding the wires down. Not a permanent item.
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.
- uploaded by ShoZu