[Elecraft] Solar power?

[Igor Sokolov]

My experience shows that bigger solar panel is safer. My 60W panel in 
real life gives less then 1 A on a cloudy day and about 4 A on a bright 
sunny day when the sun is in its zenith. It also has USB and 12V output 
which can be used for telephone or iPad charging. Unfortunately rainy 
days here are more often then sunny :(

73, Igor UA9CDC
07.02.2017 1:55, Mel Farrer :
> I use a Mercury 27 W foldable from Instapark.com with a 9.9 AH Life04 
> and runs the KX3 all day and most of the night plus it has a USB port 
> to charge the laptop.
>
> Mel, K6KBE
>
>
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> *From:* Igor Sokolov <ua9cdc at gmail.com>
> *To:* elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> *Sent:* Monday, February 6, 2017 12:42 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] Solar power?
>
> I am using 60W foldable solar panel, Genasun MPPT controller
> https://genasun.com/products-store/mppt-solar-charge-controllers/ (they
> are RF quiet) and 5500 AH LiFePo4 battery with built it limiting
> circuitry  which some outlets are selling as a substitute for lead acid
> motorcycle batteries. All works just great with KX3. When using K3 I add
> one more solar panel and 25 AH LiFePo4 battery. This proved to be enough
> to keep going the whole day.
>
>
> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>
>
> 06.02.2017 23:37, Harry Yingst via Elecraft пишет:
> > My son has my KX3 and I'm building a K2. Both of us have a set of 
> solar panel that are capable of a lil over an amp at 12v
> >
> > We are both looking for a battery idea and a method of hooking it to 
> the solar panels to charge it .
> >
> > Thank you
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