DorsetStrider
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| posted on 12/11/05 at 01:29 PM |
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Solar Chargers
Hiya all.
Have just spotted these solar power battery trickle charges on ebay as was wondering if anybody had used them? Do they work or is this just more snake
oil?
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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DorsetStrider
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| posted on 12/11/05 at 01:30 PM |
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I guess a link would help wouldn't it? d'OH!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Solar-Panel-Battery-saver-Trickle-Charger-12v_W0QQitemZ8011808836QQcategoryZ15329QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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bob
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| posted on 12/11/05 at 03:03 PM |
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I looked at these but decided that for £10 at macine mart the simple plug in the wall job was perfect.
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bob
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| posted on 12/11/05 at 03:05 PM |
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I'm just as bad,a link might have helped more.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010310012
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rayward
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| posted on 12/11/05 at 03:19 PM |
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Hi cpc do a similar one for about a tenner, link below
link
i have one, seem to be okay.
Ray
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Hellfire
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| posted on 12/11/05 at 04:46 PM |
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Just a note - this type of charger cannot stay on ALL the time like a solar powered one.
They are used to "top up"the battery - use it 1/month or so overnight to keep it in tip top condition.
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jack trolley
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 posted on 12/11/05 at 05:26 PM |
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The Machine Mart one is cheaper at Argos! 
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 12/11/05 at 08:12 PM |
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I've just fitted one this morning. It's a tidy little thing and hopefully it'll keep the battery up on my Omega as it sometimes sits
for a week to ten days doing nothing.
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caber
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| posted on 12/11/05 at 08:14 PM |
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Solar chargers that size can barely keep up with self discharge rate of a battery, I have a big A3 sized one that does not much better although
theoretically rated for a 1-2 amp gharge. Electronic trickle chargers that plug in can usually recharge a partly discharged battery, very useful for
cars that don't get used often or driven far.
Caber
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/11/05 at 03:06 PM |
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Depends what you want and what you connect it to --
Solar panels need to be fairly big to do any good especially in a uk winter, in fact on a modern everyday car connecting one might actually make the
battery discharge quicker because it might confuse one or more of the cars ECU and prevent the ecus going into sleep mode which will drain the battery
in a couple of days.
With Plug-top trickle chargers you get what you pay for, The properly controlled "battery conditioners" that you can leave on safely
24/7 tend to be quite expensive. Even with one of these I would put it on a time switch so it chargd for only a few hours a week.
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