Monday, July 18, 2011
solar radio setup
here is my solar radio setup for contests (almost), I have a way bigger battery that I use for the radio contests, but it is heavy and I did not drag it out for the pictures,
but the tiny battery did do just fine for the afternoon
I could not get it all in one picture, so here is the battery and charge controller
here is my solar panel, I also have a 40W panel, but it really does not seem to be needed
and my J pole antenna made out of twin lead
I put power pole connectors on everything so that it would be easy to change configurations
and lets me add more things easy,
like a fan to keep me cool (it pulls only 0.3 amps)
and here it is from far back, I am trying to keep everything but the solar panel in the shade so that none of it overheats
here is the charge controller, it keeps the battery from over charging
but if it is broken it would be easy to connect the solar panel direct to the battery
this setup seems to run my radio just fine for remote locations and is very easy to set up
but the tiny battery did do just fine for the afternoon
I could not get it all in one picture, so here is the battery and charge controller
here is my solar panel, I also have a 40W panel, but it really does not seem to be needed
and my J pole antenna made out of twin lead
I put power pole connectors on everything so that it would be easy to change configurations
and lets me add more things easy,
like a fan to keep me cool (it pulls only 0.3 amps)
and here it is from far back, I am trying to keep everything but the solar panel in the shade so that none of it overheats
here is the charge controller, it keeps the battery from over charging
but if it is broken it would be easy to connect the solar panel direct to the battery
this setup seems to run my radio just fine for remote locations and is very easy to set up
