Solar Powered trickle charger

Originally Posted by sv_rory

these were on sale in our local asda for a tenner a couple of months back.

a mate of mine bought one but in his opinion is a complete waste of time.

well this time of year- Duh! yeah, but in Summer one kept my CB250rs charged for 3 years!
Steve

Ive got one solar panel on my shed roof charging an old bike battery for my radio, and another charging a fluorescent light in the shed (NEVER gone flat even in Winter!)
Steve

What sort of Solar panel, just the ones you get from Maplins?

[Brettus]

I've just ordered a big(ish) solar panel for my shed lighting and such, got a 5W one off ebay. hoping that will keep a car battery topped up for running my lights and perhaps a security light (also LED based)
the bulbs are only 1w so even 5 of them shouldn't drain it quicker than it can recharge. (based on the fact it will only be used for a few minutes each day)
I suspect most bundled solar panel devices are based on constant summer sunshine, I went for the larger one so that it will collect some energy on dull days too.

Originally Posted by Grinch

What sort of Solar panel, just the ones you get from Maplins?

The light one was from Netto, the one charging the bike was Maplins yes...
Steve