Thanks for the info yesterday. Very impressive credentials!
You posted this to someone else in the fall who was trying to do the same thing.
"Another idea: I found a bunch of 12VDC in to 5Vdc out automobile cell phone chargers that have a switching regulator inside. The chip inside the charger happily runs on an input voltage much less than 12V, so you could just feed your solar panel into one of those.."
I have a bunch of those, took one apart today trying to do the same thing as you suggested. What the heck does the regulator chip look like, and how would it be attached? Like the 5v regulator with 2 positive feeds and a shared neutral?
Thanks!
You posted this to someone else in the fall who was trying to do the same thing.
"Another idea: I found a bunch of 12VDC in to 5Vdc out automobile cell phone chargers that have a switching regulator inside. The chip inside the charger happily runs on an input voltage much less than 12V, so you could just feed your solar panel into one of those.."
I have a bunch of those, took one apart today trying to do the same thing as you suggested. What the heck does the regulator chip look like, and how would it be attached? Like the 5v regulator with 2 positive feeds and a shared neutral?
Thanks!