[MLB-WIRELESS] Cray---zeeee idea.

[James Robertson]

These are designed to trickle charghe car batteries, to stop always-on 
acessories from completely draining them.
If you combine them with a battery, and a DC-DC convertor, they should be 
able to power  a AP, depending on the current drain.
UPS's use rechargable sealed lead acid or similar batteries, which are 
safe, leak free, etc, but if you want gobs of voltage very cheaply, a car 
battery may do, as long as you avoid charging/discharging it in 
unventilated.

I'm looking at wiring one (or two, or more) up to charge a secondary car 
battery while my car isnt running, maybe see if i can sun some small form 
factor, low power drain computing gear in there.

James


On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Ryan Abbenhuys wrote:

> Was wandering through cool airconditioned K-Mart East Burwood last night and
> noticed something interesting.  Solar powered car battery chargers.  Come
> with a reasonable large solar cell on them.  Someone with a bit more
> electronics knowledge than myself may want to take a look for them next time
> your in K-Mart.
> 
> I if they could be adapted for use to run a small access point like an
> Airport or a D-Link or something?
> 
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