Solar Trickle Chargers

[Mowjo]

:-D If anyone is after a solar trickle charger to keep thier battery's topped up during the Winter, Maplins are doing 1.5 amp ones for £9.99 at the moment, they are ormaly £19.99 I just bought two one for each of my battery's ,,,

[jillR]

can they be linked together for more out put?

jill

[Guest]

Mojo - Jill

These are certainly NOT 1.5 amp.

They are 1.5 Watt.

A lot differant.

1.5 Amp would be 17 - 18 Watt

[Gordon]

Paul is right there, but as Mojo says they are trickle chargers. I have one on the boat and have just got a second one for the other battery. If I remember correctly they deliver about 15mA into the battery which should keep the battery in good fettle over the winter months. To answer Jill's question, I would see little point in trying to up the output, as even 2 would not be sufficient to run anything or indeed recharge the battery .

[Morris Man]

Hi, We have had 2 of these on Claypits for a good few years now and find that they work well and keep the battries topped up .

Robin

[Mowjo]

Paul! as usual your right! , it should have been 1.5 Watts, the specs says: output power: 1.5w @ 17.5v and testing condition: am 1.5 100mW/cm2, which is total gobbledeegook to me anyway, but as I was in London at the time of posting and being harrassed by four grandchildren I could be forgiven for getting it wrong, still next job is bring the battery's home to charge them up fully, then connect the trickle chargers once they are back on the boat to keep them topped up,

[Guest]

Heres the type I have on my boat

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=99760

These are about the same size as a laptop case when folded.

I use to sell and install solar panels but can not get them now like I use to.

Information has still be left on here if anyone wants to have a look.

www.ncsl.co.uk/solar.html

[Heron]

I've got one of these briefcase chargers connected to the domestic batteries. Seems to do the job keeping the charge up even if I go down to the boat some days and use the electric without starting the boat up.

I've have one of the little trickle chargers at home but never connected it to the starter battery, would it be a good idea to connect it if the boat is not going to be used for several weeks?

Ken