battery charging question

[ful-rac]

Originally Posted by absentx

Yeah - I guess I left out a critical point to my post.

I do eight days on a river in late summer each year and I love having my depthfinder with me, so I am always looking for creative ways to keep my batteries charged for the full eight days.

Oh, and that doesn't mean load my kayak up with five 10 AH batteries...it means bring two at max and finding ways to keep them charged for the whole trip. The mapping and other tools on my depthfinder are invaluable for the trip.

So if I bring two 10 or 12 ah batteries, one of those would typically last about one and a half to two days. If I had to trickle charge the dead one on the solar panel for two to three days, that would be fine and really helpful! Much use in the real world with regular power? No, but precisely what I need when gone for eight days without access to anything other than solar energy.

Ok well now that's a different question. Going out on an extended trip means that yes a solar panel would be great to charge your batteries. A 7.5 watt solar panel just isn't going to cut it to charge all your electronics quickly. I would suggest getting a bigger panel or, since you have a goal zero panel, you could daisy chain a couple of them together. Another option is to go for the goal zero yeti solar generator with the appropriate solar panel...expensive but exactly what your looking for.




I just recently invested in a Juice box Solar generator from Hardened Power systems. I got to use it in the field for the first time on this last trip to Gonzaga bay. It worked great! I used it to basically charge all my electronics and some of the other guys electronics. Having topped off batteries every morning was really nice. Put the panel out during the day to charge the battery, so I could charge my stuff again at night.

[wiredantz]

Originally Posted by ful-rac

Ok well now that's a different question. Going out on an extended trip means that yes a solar panel would be great to charge your batteries. A 7.5 watt solar panel just isn't going to cut it to charge all your electronics quickly. I would suggest getting a bigger panel or, since you have a goal zero panel, you could daisy chain a couple of them together. Another option is to go for the goal zero yeti solar generator with the appropriate solar panel...expensive but exactly what your looking for.




I just recently invested in a Juice box Solar generator from Hardened Power systems. I got to use it in the field for the first time on this last trip to Gonzaga bay. It worked great! I used it to basically charge all my electronics and some of the other guys electronics. Having topped off batteries every morning was really nice. Put the panel out during the day to charge the battery, so I could charge my stuff again at night.

HOLY MOLY BATMAN!!!

Dude how much money did you spend on those individual solar panels?


How much was the Juice box? I think this is an excellent investment.

[absentx]

The juice box is a nice solution if you have your truck with you. Zero power worries with that type of setup.

My situation is me and a kayak for eight days, That yeti 150 is probably the way to go, but I already bought the smaller solar panel so for this year I will probably just depend on the small solar panel to keep the phone and any other small devices charged.

Keeping a 12 battery charged in any capacity with the 7.5 seems to be a bit of a pipe dream.

[driftwood]

Anybody ever think of using wind power?
WIND TURBINE 1600 WATT WIND GENERATOR USED COMMANDER 11 BLADE 12V DC 2-WIRE 215

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