Easy Way To Make A Solar Powered USB Charger

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, that's the second cool post in a single day here at GLP. Way to go OP, I'm going to make one big enough to power an iPad.

No probs. Let us know how you go.

thank you for this cool info

awesome thanks

If this really works I'm doing it soon!!!
Thanks.

it makes sense it would work, you just need enough cells to charge what you have.

i need some supplies but im going to try this myself too.Think transportable sheets of cells you can fold up and use to power more than just a Phone or ipod. hehe

A while back I took a couple of them apart and made night lights for my kids. Extend the panel and the eye and secure to a window. Take and dress up the part the light is fixed to with a pony or batman picture. I put one in the bathroom and 2 in there room. The don't give off a lot a light but enough to see at night and with the photo eye they only turn on at night. Never have to worry about turning the lights off cause the kids left them on.

We lost him for a week.... hope he doesn't electricute himself as well.

I have a better idea. I bought a handheld solar flashlight/radio/distress beacon emergancy device for 20 dollars on ebay. It comes with a ups slot so u dont have to rig anything just plug and go. Buy one now before its to late!

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I didn't see any mirror videos either

Why gone? Now I have to figure it out on my own.

got a link?

Shit...missed it.

There are several Youtube videos like this. Just search for them.

We develped a private intranet, "internet in a suitcase" and many of the relays were powered by solar. After a bad storm a few years ago several were damaged and in order to get the grid back up as quickly as possible we "harvested" solar cells from outdoor lamps.

Empty'd B+Q's entire stock and then spent 2 days and 1 night repairing the relay's, not easy when they were up in trees, on top of telegraph poles, roof's etc.

If you're going to use them outside completly encase them in resin and they will outlast the purpose built types.

The homemade ones have been the most reliable ones to date.

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Actually, just search Ebay.

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mirror vid
or put in usb solar garden. heaps of vids

Now that's funny.

Actually I'm going to start the project in a week or so, I'm currently swamped with contracts right now and can't get to posting ads on Craigslist for used solar garden lights.....

I'm going to try to build this unit as cheaply as possible and get people to basically give me the solar cells instead of tossing them out....if the cells work, that's all I would need....

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