Details please. What is "got a solar one"? Do you mean a solar battery charger? Where is this charger - on glider, on hangar? What are the specifications? Price? Have you actually used it yet? If not what do you perceive to be its advantages over a conventional charger, if this is indeed a "solar one". You might be interested to know that you can get a Dick Smith kit for under $10 to convert the voltage down from 12v, so that the PDA can run off the glider battery. However make sure that the PDA battery is fully charged before each flight, otherwise the converter gets bloody hot as it is pulling more than 2 amps if the PDA battery is not fully charged. As Murphy is always around, I fabricated a heat-sink from scrap aluminum sheet for the voltage converter to help overcome this problem. Gary
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Carter Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2007 8:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Aus-soaring] PDA GPS Flew last season in club ships with a bluetooth "mouse" GPS feeding the PDA, -about $60 on gleebay. Recharge every night, no problems, great 100% backup. Got a solar one for this season, this should eliminate the charging as well. A simple gleebay universal suction mount for the PDA and I can ship-hop with ease. Only downside is my 4700 runs about 3 hours on a charge, not really enough, but OK if I take note of it at the time. Wayne Carter _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 6/08/2007 4:53 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 6/08/2007 4:53 PM _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
