Solar Powered USB Charger

Here is the solar powered USB charger I made from the directions on Hiker's Journal. I use it to charge my camera, phone and mp3 player while hiking. Learn how to make one here: http://www.hikersjournal.org/video/video/show?id=1284222:Video:8982

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• solar
• usb
• charger
• green
• tech
• diy
• home
• make

[Tellson]

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about...I know you didn't connect this..cause if you did I know you would have failed miserably!

[rorypart]

Why would I have failed? I flip the thing over over in the video so you can see how simple it is. All it takes is sodering wires in the right places on the back of the panels and wiring it to the negative and positive wires in the female USB plug. And you're done. For bigger panels you need a charge regulator on there, but these are small panels, so you're fine as long as nothing is plugged in when the panels are not in the light (in that case, the panels would drain the batteries).

[Seiroukou]

Will this work better, than a USB Charger that has one solar panel and uses 4 AAA batteries?

[rorypart]

Adding batteries and a power regulator is the next step. The batteries will help charge things better (especially in no light situations) but will take longer to charge with only one of these panels.

[StoppCO2]

What a nice Idea, my neighbour has a lot of sorlarlights in his garden :-)))))

[newton3010]

BE Honest, Everyone who watched this video immediatly thought about going to steal their neighbors garden lights...

[DUMBxRExRE]

fuuck

[jeecci]

heeey baby ,music sounds better with you.........

[derman077]

Great work, especially as a learning experience. To share what I have learned, I suggest adding a 5 volt MOSFET.

[qsk2pc602]

or you havein probs with over charging and hurting the batt. in the cell?

[jakeman552]

@Mr12345678901212 if you add rechargable batteries then yes you do

[jakeman552]

@yoududenut ya but you need a diode

[yoududenut]

Could I add rechargeable AAA batteries?

[mortalstorm]

Unless the cell phone has very good voltage regulation, I wouldn't attempt to charge it outdoors unattended. A voltage regulator would prevent damage to the unit from an overchage.