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Re: solar panel

Post by joeyjoe9876 » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:06 pm

just steal one from a solar powered lamp lol
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Re: solar panel

Post by argelfraster » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:15 pm

These are cheaper...

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Post by joeyjoe9876 » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:26 pm

so :P
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Re: solar panel

Post by vskid » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:31 pm

Actually, used lamps may be cheaper, plus the contain other goodies. :wink:
I would use one of these. One would be good enough if you're using it to charge batteries. If you want it to run completely off solar power (with no battery, or a very small one), you'll want two to be safe.
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Post by smitty » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:15 pm

vskid wrote:Actually, used lamps may be cheaper, plus the contain other goodies. :wink:
I would use one of these. One would be good enough if you're using it to charge batteries. If you want it to run completely off solar power (with no battery, or a very small one), you'll want two to be safe.
So if I get a whole bunch of those, can I power my DS!?!?!?

:idea: Or, if I got around 70 trillion of them, could I power a 360!?
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Re: solar panel

Post by snowpenguin » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:22 pm

Shouldn't take very many to power a DS, after all, it's already handheld.

You'd need closer in the range of thousands to power a 360, 70 trillion gets you 12 V 700,000,000,000 Amps, and the 360 obviously does not draw anywhere near that much.
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Post by smitty » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:26 pm

snowpenguin wrote:Shouldn't take very many to power a DS, after all, it's already handheld.

You'd need closer in the range of thousands to power a 360, 70 trillion gets you 12 V 700,000,000,000 Amps, and the 360 obviously does not draw anywhere near that much.
Yeah, but, it still draws a lot. And when you turn that thing on, you can hear it! It's almost as bad as turning on an old computer.

I might actually try that with a DS. As soon as I get some money... :roll:
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Re: solar panel

Post by snowpenguin » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:31 pm

But still, 700 billion amps? 8)
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Post by smitty » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:43 pm

I s'pose I got a little carried away.... But then, so did Bill Gates and his Video Game Department. :lol:
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