On Jul 10, 2006, at 6:11 AM, River Clan wrote: > Greetings Vanagon List, > > Just got back from 3 days camping at the Oregon Country Fair. Lotsa > westies there! We brought the 'Blue Pearl' the dropped blue '87 under > the Big Oak at Big Oak campgrounds. > > It was great to talk to you all there! > > Alas, a problem though. After 2 days of playing my stereo with it's > assorted amps and woofers... I lose the power in my Optima. I hate to > start the thing to charge it, and am thinking solar. Hard to find a > power receptacle at a festival you know. > > I always park the van in the shade (if it is available), and am > thinking of a small solar panel array that I could put 20' from the > van in the hot sun via cable. > > Has anyone done this yet? Any recommendations of products? > > Cheers! > > Ri of the River Clan > 87 Westy > Central Oregon Coast GoWesty has a solar trickle charger. You can plug it into the cigarette lighter or clamp it on to a battery. It's a ~3 watt panel. I don't know if that is enough to keep up with your stereo use. Sounds like you'd need something bigger if you drained your Optima in 2 days. -andy |
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