On Monday 22 November 2004 06:36 am, Keith Wrage wrote: > Just curious - has anyone ever used the cheap solar chargers like this?: I've used a similiar charger backpacking and it does OK on the top of my pack if there's lots of sun, which is the case most of the year here in the SW US. A small panel like this doesn't need a controller because it doesn't put out enough current to hard 4 AA cells. (It still needs a diode to keep the batteries from discharging through the panel.) A good charger than can be used with variable DC input up to 18 volts is the Maha C777Plus II. It can charge from 2 to 6 NiMH or NiCd cells, and can also charge lithium ion batteries such as cell phone batteries. The charger comes with a 120-220 V AC adapter, so all you need to use it in 220 V countries is a plug adapter. It also has a car power adapter. It's at www.mahaenergy.com. Between my outdoor activities, digital photography, ham radio, and electronic gadjets I have a lot of batteries to charge. The C777 simplified my life quite a bit. Bruce Flagstaff, Arizona *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 22 2004 - 07:08:02 PST
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