[Elecraft] ... and solar power

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

Which products do you use?  I use their 60 watt panel.

What is needed to prevent overcharge.  Nothing. I don't use a battery.

What does less than full sun do to the capacity.  Full sun for full output
is a fallacy.  Even 50% sun through overcast gives full output.  Buy a
bigger panel, bigger than you need and it works almost until dusk.

What sort of storage do you use and what sort of load do you service?  Just
small transceivers like the KX3.

 

 

Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ

Owner - Operator

Big Signal Ranch

Staunton, Illinois

email:   <mailto:bill at wjschmidt.com> bill at wjschmidt.com

 

From: WILLIS COOKE [mailto:wrcooke at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 1:19 PM
To: bill at wjschmidt.com; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ... and solar power

 

I for one would be interested in more details.  Which products do you use?
What is needed to prevent overcharge.  What does less than full sun do to
the capacity.  What sort of storage do you use and what sort of load do you
service?

 

Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart