Anybody Have Solar Power?
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Anybody Have Solar Power?
I saw a battery charger/maintainer in a catalog for $22.00 today. It is a samll solar pannel (14"x6") that sits on your dash board and feeds your battery power. I don't think its a very necessary mod but for that price it sure would be neat and who knows when it could save you.
Has anybody added a solar power source to thier 4x4? Just wondering. It seems like a logical and cheap mod as I slowly move down the road from stocker to "Baja Taco Worthy" expedition 4Runner. Any thoughts would be appriciated. Thanks,
Lamm
Has anybody added a solar power source to thier 4x4? Just wondering. It seems like a logical and cheap mod as I slowly move down the road from stocker to "Baja Taco Worthy" expedition 4Runner. Any thoughts would be appriciated. Thanks,
Lamm
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Well, I know this isn't a Toyota,
But, our last surf trip down to Baja, my dad's buddy brought a huge solar panel to power his camper. It worked great. It went straight to the aux battery!
Here's the pic. Its in the bottom right. I thought it was a hell of a lot better than starting up the truck everyday.
But, our last surf trip down to Baja, my dad's buddy brought a huge solar panel to power his camper. It worked great. It went straight to the aux battery!
Here's the pic. Its in the bottom right. I thought it was a hell of a lot better than starting up the truck everyday.
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Those small dash type are battery maintainer's. Not really designed to put back used power to start battery if you are using it for aux. power. Designed for a trickle charge for start batts. not used very often i.e. rv's use only in summer, sail boat motor batteries etc. I don't believe they have the amp output to charge a dead battery becuase you can probably find a jump in the two+ days it would take to recharge from a 'light left on' episode
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Nathan
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Just wait until liquor powered power sources come out My school is working on it now. They can power a cell phone for a month with a single drop of Vodka. Real cool stuff...
http://www.scienceblog.com/community...print&sid=1294
http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newsinfo/2474
http://www.scienceblog.com/community...print&sid=1294
http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newsinfo/2474
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Just wait until liquor powered power sources come out My school is working on it now. They can power a cell phone for a month with a single drop of Vodka. Real cool stuff...
http://www.scienceblog.com/community...print&sid=1294
http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newsinfo/2474
http://www.scienceblog.com/community...print&sid=1294
http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newsinfo/2474
man runs into bar "I NEEEEED BOOOOOZE"
but on topic, they have them at VW dealers in all the cars around back at least at my local vw place.
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The local VW dealer here has them too. I hope it's because they want to sell them to morons and not because VWs can't be parked without the batt going dead....
I bought one of those little 3x8s or whatever they are for my sail boat. They aren't worth the ten bucks (Harbor Freight). It will BARELY keep up a charged battery. Spend a few bucks and get one a bit bigger. On the other hand, I've owned something like 30 vehicles and never had one that doesn't hold a charge unless there was a problem to fix or a bad battery to replace.
I bought one of those little 3x8s or whatever they are for my sail boat. They aren't worth the ten bucks (Harbor Freight). It will BARELY keep up a charged battery. Spend a few bucks and get one a bit bigger. On the other hand, I've owned something like 30 vehicles and never had one that doesn't hold a charge unless there was a problem to fix or a bad battery to replace.
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