Do I need anything else for it to charge with solar power? How long does it take to charge with solar?
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This is essentially a battery pack that you can charge with a normal wall plug, car charger of solar pannel.Suggest you have a look at the manufacturer website for all the options and ones they have.I use this pack, but without solar pannel. Keeps the phones etc charged and light for couple days of camping.
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You will need a Goal Zero solar panel. The panel comes with the cable. Not sure how long it takes to charge. There are different size solar panels & varying weather conditions.
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In Colorado, a bright day, this took with NO power reading all day from 6am-9:30pm for a full 100% charge. At 1pm I turned it to face west. Traveling though, with use on ipads and lights, it seemed to take 2 days of charging. Very good charger and unit, you can always add an extra solar cell if you need to.
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I like the answers that include how could you charge it with out power. Solar/wind power plus a power inverter. It's just a small battery back up. I have just hooked mine up to 2 solar panels. I had the panels lying around to use but if I had to buy one I might have gone with a small wind turbine. If you are not going to operate the opener 50 times a day, you should be fine. Worst case get a larger deep cycle battery, I picked up one for my kids power wheel for $40 shipped from amazon. Not a bad deal.
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It doesn't require any batteries as it is solar. Just take off the top and turn it on. It charges up when it is in sunlight.
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it should work like any other solar charger, just do not overcharge any battery.
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This external battery should be charged with conventional power supply. The capability with solar battery is not guaranteed.
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Hey Ron,I really didn't think that it would charge all that it does, but it will charge just about anything. It's not as quick as a electric charger, but it get's the job done and that's all that matters. They also have these rechargeable, (Light & dark blue battery's that they say can be recharged over a 1000 times,) so you may want to check them out as well. The price is right! Happy Holidays my friend and these solar products are awesome and worth the money!Ron
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no it doesnt, but i have this since november, but do not need a bettery for at least an hour, if charged by solar,
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You will need a deep cycle battery and big enough inverter to run it use solar panel to keep battery charged
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I have used this unit to power my laptop for at least two hours. I am sure you could use a solar charger to increase that time, I believe there are either versions of this type of device that are sold with a solar charger, you cold buy one or make one with parts from amazon.
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You always need a Solar Charge Controller between the solar panel and the battery. This particular solar panel comes with a solar charge controller, so you don't need to buy one. You will need to connect it. The controller that came with the panel I bought is not high quality. I purchased a separate charge controller. The charge controller needs to be rated for 12 V battery and at least 2 A (amps). There are many available. How you connect to the battery depends on the battery terminals. I need reliability, so I bought ring crimp-connectors that fit the clamps on the battery.
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If I had it to do all over again I would probably buy something better. Batt is probably 1600 and the solar panel puts out 1.5 watts per hour. Took 2 weeks for solar panel to charge internal batt in the window sill, direct sunlight in summertime.
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This unit takes 3amp @ 12 volts. This unit will not work well with solar unless you use a high out put battery.
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I am testing this. And from my last 2 times of charging 2 AAA's. i gotten the charge by using Solar and USB with a RavPower 15watt solar panel. down to about 30-1hour vs 3hours of just the solar charger on the XTG charger itself. I'll message back when i test out 4AA's with this try. But it seems pretty good chaining the integrated Solar panel with a USB high power Solar panel together.
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I bought this a couple years ago and like most other solar gadgets, you should be able to hook it right up to any battery set up you want. It comes with everything you need to just hook it up to a 12V battery like I do when I use it to run a small water pump for my demonstrations at farmers markets.
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Buy a Solar charge controller 10 watts to the battery after you hook it up via the instructions that come with it. Cost for controller was eleven bucks. No chance of overcharging your battery. The thing ,35 watt panel, charges my battery in about 6hrs.
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I got this to charge my iphone. I put a pair of fresh batteries in and it charged it for about 30 mins. and i can't charge the batteries it came with because the plug is not made for the US. my advice is to look for a power bank, or if you want to look for something that will be effective if the power goes out for a longer time a solar charger. there are a few under $20 just search "solar charger usb" and make sure it says power bank or external battery as well
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It's only 17 amp hours so I'd say for 500 watts, about 10 minutes? Probably less? If you want more substantial running time, your best bet is probably to build your own kit with a solar charger battery, where you can usually find 125 amp hours or more, and then get an inverter and charger separately. It'll cost a lot more but 125 amp hours from a 12v battery should power 500 watts for over an hour.