16 Jan
2020
16 Jan
'20
7:07 p.m.
Have you looked into solar flood lights? I got the idea from the loraham.org
<http://loraham.org/> project. Remove the LED panel and insert the radio node. As
in this example ( https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32856574541.html
<https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32856574541.html> ), for $12 you get solar, charge
circuit battery, "IP65 enclosure and physical mounting. It probably won’t have MPPT,
but maybe that can be offset with an extra battery or software geared toward power
efficiency. Some of these flood lights are junk, some are decent, YMMV.
!!Dean
On Jan 16, 2020, at 11:50 AM, samuk(a)disroot.org
wrote:
Hi all
I've been looking into solar a bit, in the process, I came across this MPPT:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000031728632.html
The 2.9v cutout should mean the battery lasts a reasonable timeframe.
This is the list of bit's I'm going to test for a solar node:
https://my.aliexpress.com/wishlist/wish_list_product_list.htm?¤tG…
It comes to around $70 per node. It should only require a screwdriver to assemble.
I'm estimating the battery has half it's stated capacity, but that should still be
adequate. The 'oversized' 10w panel should work with the MPPT even on foggy/
cloudy days.
This is untested as yet, but I'll do some testing soon.
Thanks
Sam
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