On 2011-04-12 at 05:01:56 +0000, Wolfgang Spraul wrote: > > My idea is to just buy a solar lawn light and tie the panel into the > > electric circuits of BEN. > > What are the issues, and is it worth it? > > There are a lot of small and large solar panels with a USB > cable coming out for power. You can probably use them to charge > Ben NanoNote, I always wanted to try but haven't gotten to it > yet... There should be no need to open up or solder anything.
I use one such panel with a 12V battery and 5V USB output to charge the nanonote, cellphone and a few other gadgets: during the winter there are no issues, but during the summer the gadgets tend to become a bit warmer than I'm confortable with. I believe it is better to charge the panel battery[1] under the sun and then charge the nanonote from the battery indoors (or during the evening, or otherwise in the shade. [1] a common car battery, in my case -- Elena ``of Valhalla'' homepage: http://www.trueelena.org _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
