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    From n2qfd@21:1/154 to All on Mon Mar 25 15:41:22 2024
    Hello All,

    Anyone experimenting with solar power on their set ups?

    I just switched over to and am running my Pi off a 38800mAh solar power bank. I'm not sure the solar cell will keep up. It seems a bit of false advertising when in the box there's a slip that reads.
    "The solar charging results may not be as positive as you might expect due to the small size of the solar panel on this device... We recommend using a 5v 1A wall charger to charge this power bank."
    So that's pretty crummy, but I'm going to give it a go anyhow and see what comes.

    N2QFD

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  • From nugax@21:1/167 to n2qfd on Tue Mar 26 14:54:31 2024
    Cool idea!
    -Nugax


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  • From k9zw@21:1/224 to n2qfd on Tue Mar 26 13:35:39 2024
    On 25 Mar 2024, n2qfd said the following...

    Hello All,

    Anyone experimenting with solar power on their set ups?

    There are a few folk who occassionally appear on MRC that are solar powered.

    Solarbaby is all solar powered, but I haven't seen him on for a while.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to k9zw on Wed Mar 27 06:51:00 2024
    k9zw wrote to n2qfd <=-

    On 25 Mar 2024, n2qfd said the following...

    Hello All,

    Anyone experimenting with solar power on their set ups?

    There are a few folk who occassionally appear on MRC that are solar powered.

    Solarbaby is all solar powered, but I haven't seen him on for a while.

    https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about is a web site that's solar
    powered. There are links describing the process, the downsides and
    advantages, and their method of trying different sized batteries and
    panels.

    I have a shed that's far enough away from the house that I need to
    trench to it to get power. It's never really *needed* power, but we've
    been thinking about it. I'm tempted to get a battery/panel combination
    to run a small fan and table lamp, and leave a running Pi in there with
    a wifi connection and a web site.



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