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Date:   Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:39:23 +1300
Reply-To:   Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:   Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:   Re: Solar Battery Chargers
In-Reply-To:   <4BADFBED-4FA7-11D9-B8BE-000A959B3796@knology.net>
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>I put one of those small dashboard chargers on my camper down at the >Gulf before Ivan in september, and things were so messed up I didn't >get back until thanksgiving. With no load on the battery it was >completely dead. And I was using one with a diode to prevent >discharging at night. You better check it out! > >Jim > >On Dec 16, 2004, at 2:42 PM, Dave Chameides wrote: > >>Has anyone ever used one of those solar battery chargers on your vanagon? >>I'm going to be having mine sitting for a while and it seemed like a good >>idea but I wanted to check and see if anyone had any feedback on them. >> >>Thanks >> >>Dave

I bought a "Green Charger", with an Australian brand name (made in China, of course). The first one didn't charge the battery , so I had an electronics technician test it at work. It didn't put out enough juice to charge a dead cockroach. Nor did the replacement, so I got a refund & complained to the "manufacturer"... who did reply and asked that I arrange for the seller to hold one of those I'd tried, to be picked up and checked out. I did so and have heard nothing further. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut


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