Batteries for 12V solar power supplies | |
Notebooks can be easy supplied with solar energy. From solar electric power for a day on the beach, for expeditions up to island solutions for houses without power grid connection. |
Notebook outdoor all the day |
scope of delivery 85W solar set | |||
After You have taken out the foldable 20 Watt photovoltaic of the box, You find below: Left top: control unit with 66 W lithium-ion battery, middle top: 12V LED lamp. |
Charge solar set by a notebook power supply | |||
The 85W solar set can be charged by any notebook power supply as far as the plug fits and the power supply can deliver 60 W. |
Test photovoltaic set for notebooks at the rivulet | |||
After 15 years hauling a lead battery, after 2 years too weak NiMh buffer battery. July 4th 2012 starts a new age of notebook outdoor usage. |
Solar charger for camera batteries | |||
Most chargers for batteries from video- and digital cameras can be used with 12V. At the 12 V output of the solar set is a car-socket. |
Efficiency of AA battery charger | |||
At calculating the energy usage, it's easy to look over the efficiency of diffeeren processes. Or who would have thought, that this AA battery charger just needs 10 W? |
Solar set with 19V outlet for notebooks | |||
The 19V outlet of the photovoltaic set for notebooks increases the efficiency versus a 12V outlet and a car adapter for the notebook. |
Test with Belkin 40 W 12V DC 100-240 AC power supply | |||
The Belkin F5L065 is speciall for netbooks and economical notebooks like my mein ASUS UL30A. Here the conversion loses compared to the direct 19V outlet. |
Test with Vanson 70W car adapter | |||
The Vanson SDR-70W is designed for normal notebooks with a higher electric power demand. Compard to the direct 19V outlet of the solar set. |
20 W foldable photovoltaic | |||
It's July 4th 2012, the photovoltaic is full in sunshine, but 13.47 V times 0.86 A are only 11,58 Watt. Not optimal oriented towards the sun, a little bit warmer. |
34 W foldable photovoltaic | |||
The 85 W control unit stands more than a single 20 W modul. Here I connect my foldable 34 W Unisolar from 2005 and the new foldable 20 W foldable from the solar set together. |
What does the MPPT with 12V AA Mignon cells? | |||
From 2010 until today, I used 12 AA Mignon rechargeable batteries for my solar power supply of the notebook. Here an experiment what happens when this batteries are |
Length of cable is not enough | |||
The distance between a place in the shadow to work and a sunny place for the photovoltaic to deliver electric power can be larger than thought. |
Sunshine early in the morning | |||
6th July 2012. A little bit sunshine through the tree-tops. I have all 3 photovoltaic modules with meh, becuase I want to test using 2 notebooks. |
First full sunshine in the morning | |||
41 minutes later, the sun is now above the trees and the solar yield is first times greater than the demand from notebook and cell phone. 1.59 A times 13.8 V gives 22 Watt. |
3 photovoltaic modules to compare | |||
One hour later 8:40 am, it becomes cloudy. Opportunity to compare all3 modules, how much they deliver at cloudy sky and still not so high standing sun. |
Run several notebooks by the sun | |||
As long as the notebooks do not charge the internal batteries, 85 Watt are enough for some economic notebools. Here is my ASUS UL30A connected by a car adapter to the 12V outlet. |
Supply from the sun | |||
While I make my test with 2 connected notebooks, all 3 photovoltaic modules, deliver together 2.74 A at 14.2 V. 39 Watt are little bit below the demand. |
Change the battery in a lyceum | |||
You have 2 batteries for Your notebook, but how do You exchange them, when You sit in a liceum with no plug in reach? |