These battery charger things have been around for a while...Eastwood has them in their catalogs.
Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Kasper" <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: Re: VW Solar Panel
> ok, but how does that work? plug it into the cig lighter socket and it > charges the battery? > > bill > > > On Friday, May 31, 2002, at 09:47 , Frank Condelli wrote: > > > VW Solar Panel seen at BusFusion. All new Volkswagens are now being > > delivered to the dealers with solar panels stuck on the windshield to > > keep > > the batteries chargers while in transit from the factory. Some dealers > > are > > delivering the cars to the customer with these solar panel some are > > stashing > > them in the back room. There is one here at BusFusion. Fellow works > > at a > > dealer in Toronto and he scooped one this past week. VW part # VW-1CO > > 915 > > 685. Plugs in cig lighter socket. About 16" x 12" 12 volt, 1amp. > > Pretty > > cool so go get 'em before I do ! > |
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