Norm of Bandersnatch wrote: > Maybe Ken will come up with a REAL solar powered anchor light, like the > garden lights but that will do the job for real..
One of my first prototypes was such, I don't like it. 1) too big 2) solar panel is expensive and can power the light only 3) batteries are big and heavy and go bad sooner or later 4) if too long goes by without enough light it goes out 5) lots of things to go wrong and the light goes out All this is prediclated on todays tech., for a light as bright as a 'normal' anchor light that can go a reasonable amount of time with low light input for charging. The advantages of a plug in pull up light are that any solar panel can be bigger so cheaper and charge the house bank as well, the batteries can be large,cost effective and multi purpose house bank, and the light can then be compact and lightweight and cheaper and more reliable. Tech can always change, though.-Ken _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
