Anyone got good experience with solar trickle chargers? Where this vehicle is going, there won't be much opportunity to get spare parts, so I don't want to buy cheap ('cos I can't buy twice). Equally, I don't want to throw money at a solution just to feel that I've bought something expensive. Has anyone got some positive (or negative) experience to share?
Good quality trickle charge solar?
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Any latitude with that? In the Arctic, you get nothing at all in the winter. Equator, it will be ansum!
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Should be plenty of energy to be harvested there!
No worries! Afraid I dont know any specific suggestion for that, maybe someone will! 
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I've used a couple of Ring ones for a few years with no problems. I'll find out which ones they are when I'm at work tomorrow.
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You need a minimum of 50W solar plus a decent regulator. In the UK you can hook up a 25W panel direct to the battery, but if you have serious amounts of sunshine then a regulator is needed.
275mA is nowhere near enough to keep a decent battery up to charge, you need at least 1amp, partly to charge from any losses and partly to hold the battery up at the fully charged level.
A 50W panel with a cheapish PWM controller is what I would suggest.
Peter
275mA is nowhere near enough to keep a decent battery up to charge, you need at least 1amp, partly to charge from any losses and partly to hold the battery up at the fully charged level.
A 50W panel with a cheapish PWM controller is what I would suggest.
Peter
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