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Solar pannel to charge batteries

RonbertRonbert Posts: 20
edited 2014-03-20 07:28 in Robotics
Hey Folks, I'm looking to hook up a solar panel to charge my boe bots batteries to limit power consumption. I know very little to almost nothing about solar pannels and am wondering how I would do this and where I would even start, how do I hook it up?

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  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2014-03-19 15:00
    If you Google "how to charge battery using solar panel" you will get a ton of info to get you started.
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,400
    edited 2014-03-19 15:35
    Please see my post #8 for a small example here http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/131943-Solar-forums.

    You should look at our solar panels that have a 6-9V output and connect them to our Lithium-ion Power Packs. This would me a really easy off-the-shelf solution.

    Ken Gracey
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2014-03-20 07:28
    Hi Ronbert -
    Check this out... Especially the last two pages of the document. It's shows how to hook up a solar panel to charge cells, and also how to convert it into an Uninterruptible Power Supply ("UPS").
    -MattG
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