Title says it all, soiar trickle charger! Just picked one up worth a punt at that price
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Mike

[Edited on 1/8/13 by trextr7monkey]

Not wishing to rain on your parade but I got one a while back - not worth even a tenner I'm afraid.

The current in mA is just about measurable but is nowhere enough to even keep a battery topped up never mind charge a battery.

Sh1t I will make some measurements in the noon day heat and then see about a refund if it doesn't work!
Thanks for the pointer
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Mike

Good luck - maybe mine was a dud

ill second the worse case sorry. I have a van which im converting to a camper it was doing ok but i had to start it a few times in the same day n not left it running and a week later it was still on LOW charged after the solar panel was left plugged in for the whole week.

Arent these things supposed to keep a battery topped up ONCE they have been fully charged as opposed to actually charging them?

Ive been using a ebay £12 solar charger on my caravan, for a couple of years
From flat to a usable charge to move the van with the mover takes about 3 days

As just a top up, its pretty good,

Steve

That has always been my understaanding of these but thuis clearly described as a no cost tricle charger a well as for maintaining batteries in caravans boats and cars left standing for long periods. We shall see
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Mike

yes they do hold the charge when Fully charged or 95% charged etc. I used it in my caravan for that and was great for years.

Just did not run the alarm and hold charge.

Shame.

I now have a 4w one which is better and holds the charge with the alarm on.

I bought one for a tractor (alernator is knackered) which gets used about once a month and it charged
the battery from flat over a month or so and maintains it enough to start every time.

i have 2 of those they work great to keep the battery topped up not to charge i use one on my race car and one on my car when i jet abroad to top up the drain from the car alarm

I use one of these as well and it's fine, my car can be laid up for months on end though so I disconnect a battery terminal and leave on the solar trickle charger. Without it I'd have a flat battery every time.

We just started using one on our transit which often sits for weeks without use but then wont start as the alarm etc seems to drain the battery a tad too much. As a trickle charger its been perfect and has kept the battery fully charged, whats it wil be like come november though......