Solar gardening radio

Simple enough with good sound.



The panel is mono-si listed (Voc 10.3V, Isc 0.49A) as 3.3W purchased from an ebay seller as a pair (6.6W) for right at $15.50 (shipping included), so I guess that figures at $2.35/Watt.

Half sun (high thin clouds) will run the radio easily, but full sun to run the cd player.

Helps ease the pain of weed plucking ;)

Tim

[Gotwind Ben]

I totally agree Tim.
Solar panels and radios are a perfect match..
I wrote a DIY 'Instructable' for a smaller version using a solar garden light solar panel a couple of years ago for very little money compared to commercial products.
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Sol ... io-for-$5/

Yes sir,

the smaller radios are super easy to power. I have a pocket sized AM/FM/Shortwave that runs off of 2 "AA" batteries.

I use a 4.5v/70mah cell to run that one, just not a lot of volume with it, and kind of tinny sounding through the speaker.

The one pictured above is a 12v radio (rated 6 watts), but even using the 3.3w panel, you can hear it at some distance for sure :)

If I leave it turned on when I am not outside, am I wasting electricity? :lol:

Tim