About a battery charger with solar panels and its use for CubeSats
I have a battery charger (Model Number CH-4632-ECO) which I bought together with four rechargeable batteries, for less than 25 dollars. I have always charged the batteries by plugging this device in the outlet and I have never been able to charge them using its two small solar panels (3 1/2 X 1 1/2 inch each). I put the charger, repeatedly, for a few days outdoors, with its solar cells oriented in the same direction as the panels of some autonomous electronic devices, that can be found on the streets of my home town.
When I bought the charger I had the intention to try use it in a CubeSat project but after testing it I realized that its own batteries can not be charged using the solar energy.
Maybe I am doing something wrong. Maybe you can help me with an advice.
I would like to use the solar part of the charger in a cubesat
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(for a demonstrative picosatellite, not one that will really go in orbit) but for the moment I do not know how to overcome the problem I have with the solar cells. I put aside 500 $ to finance my cubesat. It looks like 25 dollars are already wasted.
I have a battery charger (Model Number CH-4632-ECO) which I bought together with four rechargeable batteries, for less than 25 dollars. I have always charged the batteries by plugging this device in the outlet and I have never been able to charge them using its two small solar panels (3 1/2 X 1 1/2 inch each). I put the charger, repeatedly, for a few days outdoors, with its solar cells oriented in the same direction as the panels of some autonomous electronic devices, that can be found on the streets of my home town.
When I bought the charger I had the intention to try use it in a CubeSat project but after testing it I realized that its own batteries can not be charged using the solar energy.
Maybe I am doing something wrong. Maybe you can help me with an advice.
I would like to use the solar part of the charger in a cubesat
**broken link removed**
(for a demonstrative picosatellite, not one that will really go in orbit) but for the moment I do not know how to overcome the problem I have with the solar cells. I put aside 500 $ to finance my cubesat. It looks like 25 dollars are already wasted.
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