Very cool! I remember hearing about that guy but didn't know he had a Model T. The article mentions he had "a 12V battery, and a five-watt solar panel."
I'm presuming he used the solar panel to charge the battery and then used the battery to run the Model T. "Direct solar" as AbortRetryFail mentioned might be possible, but I'm not sure what the advantage of that would be. I think I've got a 5W panel, so maybe I'll give it a shot just to see. --B9 On October 23, 2025 3:48:40 PM PDT, Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: >A solar powered M100... > >https://bikepacking.com/plog/steve-roberts-computing-across-america/ > >On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM [email protected] < >[email protected]> wrote: > >> What are the limits/parameters of the 100's power supply circuit anyway. >> Has anyone dug into it? >> >> Direct solar power for example would be cool, but I'd be reluctant to >> experiment on the 40 year old hardware... >> >> >> On October 21, 2025 4:20:27 PM EDT, Scott McDonnell < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This shouldn't be a problem. >>> On 10/21/2025 10:24 AM, VANDEN BOSSCHE JAN wrote: >>> >>> I found some stabilized power supplies, discarded but new. >>> >>> They are not compatible with the models T, but I suppose I can always >>> adapt the pin. I’ve done it with USB-cables too. >>> >>> But these are 7,5 V, 650 mA. Isn’t that too much ? AFAIK, a standard >>> Tandy wall-wart is 6V, but not stabilized. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Jan-80 @ work* >>> >>> Rejoignez-nous sur Facebook - Volg ons op Facebook >>> >>> -- Sent from /e/OS Mail. >>
