01 Oct 12 07:14, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW> MH>>> I have one called "Battery Tender".  They work like a champ.

 RW> TW>> I have Two of those. The 800 Ma model and the 1.25 Amp model.
 RW> TW>> Teh 80 ma was frop my smaller Ham Radio SLA battereis adn the
 RW> TW>> 1.25 for car battries They are great becasue they were specifily
 RW> TW>> designed for keeping little used batteries ready to go.

 RW>> Why not solar panels? One could use those solar powered yard lights
 RW>> to charge small batteries.

 TW> Those Yard Light solar units can barelly charge a AA cell. Useless
 TW> for a car battery.

I have a couple of LED yard lights addapted to lighting a couple of those
$1 plastic pumpkins sitting along the walkway to the house this year.

If you connected those solar panels in series, they have the potential of
trickle charging a small car battery. Not for use in a vehicle though,

 TW> But for a vehicle stores i na Garage it would work. Onw woild need at
 TW> least a 25 Watt solar panel, a 40 watt unit would be better, and a
 TW> Charge controller We are talking quite a bit more then the cost odf a
 TW> Batery tender though. The deal out there is the Harbor Freight Solar
 TW> panel kit at $190.00 It includes  a 45 watt panel and a solar charge
 TW> controller.

I saw that at HF a few weeks ago. I wasn't that impressed with it for that
price though.

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