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   sticks to bfh   
   Re: Solar Trickle Charger Working   
   08 Feb 25 14:16:53   
   
   From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 2/8/2025 2:03 PM, bfh wrote:   
   > sticks wrote:   
   >> I'm embarrassed I didn't just do this right away.  Couldn't have been   
   >> easier.  Only positive thing about not doing it was I at least learned   
   >> about the diesel particulate filter.   
   >>   
   >> The hardest part of the whole thing was getting the rubber stick on   
   >> plugs into the grommets on the panel.  Once you get them in, it does   
   >> stick very good even to a cold window.  Very overcast here today, but   
   >> it immediately turned on when faced upright, and if you turn it down   
   >> away from the light it goes off.  So I know it is working.   
   >>   
   >> Two pictures.  The outside view shows how small it is and easy to get   
   >> on the window.  The inside shows the little green light that goes on   
   >> when it is charging.  Stays green when charging and blinks when   
   >> charging is full.  It stops at 13.5 volts, and when battery gets down   
   >> to 13 Volts it restarts.   
   >>   
   >> I anticipate taking this with when we go out because if we're set up   
   >> for even a week somewhere that might be enough to draw down the   
   >> battery so it wouldn't start.  Eliminating that concern is a very good   
   >> thing.  This was a very affordable solution to the battery issue.   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>    
   >   
   > Tell me again (URL) which one that is. Does it need any additional   
   > thingies?   
      
   Nothing else needed.  It also has an adapter that could have been   
   plugged into an interior cig lighter, but I don't think any of my power   
   plugs work with the ignition off.   
      
      
      
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