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[SuperiorDG]

Stock photo, but I received today.

https://images.knifecenter.com/thumb/1500x1500/knifecenter/tops/images/TOCUT40ta.jpg

[Irving]

Bike brake pads


50W solar panel


18ah battery


Solar controller and some charging ports I bought a few years ago that have been patiently waiting to be put to use

[ray1970]

That's a lot of equipment just to charge your phone, Stu.

[Irving]

It actually is to charge my phone, and my tablet. I'm not very good at the equations, so hopefully it's too much, rather than not enough.

[ray1970]

I made a small solar charger to charge my phone when I'm camping in the back county.

Not that I get any service but more so I can use it for pictures and video.

[Irving]

I'll probably make a build thread and get help from everyone before me. The plan is this is going on the roof of my van. I spend a lot of time using both my phone and tablet, and I find that the inverters I get aren't really that great. This is largely experimental, but I'd like to have something that can be dedicated to just keeping my electronics charged while I'm out driving around (mostly during the day). Eventually I may start needing to bring my laptop as well. Plus, having an extra battery on board (even a tiny one) will be kind of nice. How small was the one you built for camping?

[ray1970]

The panel is about 12" long and 4" wide. Or somewhere there abouts.

Small enough to pack along but big enough I wouldn't pack it if there was a lot of hiking involved.

[motoboy]

Stock photo, but I received today.

https://images.knifecenter.com/thumb/1500x1500/knifecenter/tops/images/TOCUT40ta.jpg

Dig it !

Want !

[Irving]

10W?

I wanted a 100W panel, but that was going to be too big for the mobile project. May still do a chicken coop panel though.

[ray1970]

I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday so the details for something I threw together three or four years ago are kind of fuzzy. Lol.