Re: solar panel to run a hp ipaq 2210/2215
From: Sven, MVP-Mobile Devices (sejohannsen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/01/04
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Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:00:24 -0600
Well, I have one of those. It was a gift and I never did much with it.
Thought I'd give it a shot on my 2215 since you asked. I hooked it up and it
does appear to be charging my 2215 fine. Light is blinking and the power
panel reads 'charging'. The 2215 was at 56% so it is a good sign that this
may work down at a fair amount of discharge, which some USB chargers seem to
have trouble with. I was able to turn the 2215 on with full backlight to
look at the control panels and the charge light blinks and it reads charging
while running. I have turned it off to let it charge with no extra drain.
I will check back later and see if it actually was able to charge.
It is a nice sunny Colorado day here, so that has some affect I'm sure. It's
9:50 AM and the window faces East, so that is pretty optimum.
As far as volts, amps, etc, you can have too much or too little volts, but
there is some leeway built into most systems. The charger has to be able to
deliver enough amps to charge the device, but the device will not draw more
amps than required, given the correct voltage. So volts are pretty important
to get right, and amps on the charger just needs to be more than enough for
the device. A lower amp rating either won't charge or will damage the
charger. While I wouldn't offhand recommend to someone to go buy a 6v
charger for a PPC, since they normally come with 5 to 5.4v chargers, I
wouldn't hesitate to try it on one of my own. I'd keep an eye on whether the
battery was getting overly warm while charging. In this case, since we are
talking about the same solar charger and PPC, if mine works OK, I'd say it
is OK.
I'll drop in later and let you know how it comes out.
-- Sven, MS-MVP Mobile Devices "johnson.." <merifreekinxmas@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:2n44o2Fstup7U1@uni-berlin.de... > Hello > > I am looking for a solar panel to recharge or possibly run an > ipaq 2210/2215. I got my eye on this one > http://www.icpsolar.com/ssfamille.php3?id_rubrique=14 > > The problem I am having is fiquring out the volts, watts and amp. > > The charger that came with the pda says the output is 5volts but most > pv units are 6volts and up. Will this harm my pda? > > The charger output is also 2 amps (2000 milli amps???) so would > charging the pda at a much lower amperage 290 for example harm the > pda? > > Or it as simple as finding a pv panel that has the right wattage? In > my case 10 watts. > > Thanks a bunch for any help you folks can give. > > >
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