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VK3EUB > CARBAT 09.09.04 15:22l 43 Lines 1344 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 207_VK3EUB
Read: GUEST OE7FMI
Subj: Re: Battery Charger.
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Sent: 040907/0255Z @:VK3APC.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC #:30296 XFBB7.03 Bid:207_VK3EUB
From: VK3EUB@VK3APC.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC
To : CARBAT@WW
VK3EUB/TPK 1.83e Msg #:207 Local Date: 07-09-2004 Time: 12:52 PM (02:52 UTC)
From : VK3EUB@VK3APC.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC
To : CARBAT@WW
Hi Dick
If your talking about does cheap panels made on glass plate
they are a waste of money. I read somewhere they can lose as
much as 80 percent of their capacity over 10 years, silicon
panels i think lose about 5 percent.
I have a panel here which i put up in december 1998, it gave
540 ma at 12 volts, over the past 12 months the highest output
i have seen is 125 ma at 12 volts, i have a volt and amp meter
connected to the panel so i can keep a check on the output.
73's Brian
>From: VK3ABK@VK3KAY.#WEV.VIC.AUS.OC
>
>Hello Chargers!
>
>The battery charging theme has gone flat by now, but a late comment from
>Doug, VK2XLJ, suggests a solar charger to keep a car battery healthy.
>
>For my use, a solar charger would need a ray of sunshine through the car
>garage roof! Also, the usual connection, via the 'cigar' lighter ( I don't
>smoke, but if I did I would prefer an executives death knocker) in my car
>is only available with the ignition switched on.
>
>Solar battery chargers are on sale locally for about $A20 and use a cigar
>lighter plug, so they must work sometimes. A good idea for some cars, Doug.
>
>73. Dick. VK3ABK.
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