gravymister
New Member
Hi, I'm new to these forums and have a query about a circuit I'm trying to build, I don't have a huge background in electronics so I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing! Basically this year at glastonbury I want to power a small speaker, some lights and a phone charger using solar panels which I'll place (in a waterproof housing) on the roof of our gazebo!
I've sourced the majority of the electronics from Poundworld, you can get a keyring which has a 5v solar panel and powers 3x White led's. The good thing about these keyrings is unlike the solar panels from the lights outside they don't have a light dependant output, the electronics is pretty basic, I want to listen to the speaker, or charge a phone during the day.
I've attached a rough (and badly drawn) schematic and I was hoping people could give me some pointers of how to improve it, or whether it will work. I don't know much about the components used in the solar panel circuit, the batterys are all taped up.
The idea behind having a switch for each panel in parallel would be to increase or decrease the current as needed, i.e. if the speaker wasn't going to a loud enough volume, you could turn it up with a higher current.
I've sourced the majority of the electronics from Poundworld, you can get a keyring which has a 5v solar panel and powers 3x White led's. The good thing about these keyrings is unlike the solar panels from the lights outside they don't have a light dependant output, the electronics is pretty basic, I want to listen to the speaker, or charge a phone during the day.
I've attached a rough (and badly drawn) schematic and I was hoping people could give me some pointers of how to improve it, or whether it will work. I don't know much about the components used in the solar panel circuit, the batterys are all taped up.
The idea behind having a switch for each panel in parallel would be to increase or decrease the current as needed, i.e. if the speaker wasn't going to a loud enough volume, you could turn it up with a higher current.