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Brunton Solaris Flexible Personal Solar Panel

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I want to fully charge 8AA batteries a day, an Ipod touch 2 times...

By Ranked #142 - Lighting December 10, 2011

I want to fully charge 8AA batteries a day, an Ipod touch 2 times a day as I'll be using it all day and night nearly constantly and fully charge an Asus eee PC netbook daily....all in overcast conditons....What do I need (is this possible?) Thanks!

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By Ranked #9 - Lighting April 5, 2012

Overcast is not the problem. You're getting radiation energy from the sun, right through the clouds. Ideally, all your stuff should run on a common type of battery. If that isn't possible, make sure you have adaptors. Which are a pain, depending on what's at stake. You can 'daisy chain' a few of your items. My Schosce (sic) can charge from a wall socket, and charge the phone at the same time. Since what you need, as you describe the conditions, is a solar system costing upwards of $1,000. It might cost less, and be more efficient, to have devices with USB2-3, USB mini, and USB micro sockets. Unless you carry a travel battery charger, your AAA, AA, C and D cannot be charged directly off your solar. IF the device has a USB connector, you can wisely charge the batteries inside the device, and not need a separate battery charger. Maybe, and I say maybe as in, "Maybe not." your net-top battery can be the system battery, if you have extra USB connectons on the net-top. If you really have to have a lot of power, look at gel-cell motorcycle batteries. But every time you leave town, you'll have to lug a ten pound battery with you.

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Tech Specs:

Material:
[solar cell] CIGS 
Output:
6 watts 12 watts 
Folded Dimensions:
(6 watt) 9 x 5 x 1.5 in, (12 watt) 9 x 5 x 1.5 in 
Unfolded Dimensions:
(6 watt) 29 x 9 in, (12 watt) 29 x 17.5 in 
Weight:
(6 watt) 7 oz, (12 watt) 11 oz 
Recommended Use:
travel, base camp, charging equipment in the field 
Manufacturer Warranty:
1 year 
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