Solar Battery Charger

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Thu 2 Sep 2004 12:24
Solar Battery Charger - Cougar
I have just moved house and I am within walking distance of the town centre, consequently I use the car (Vectra 2.0 1997 5 door auto) a lot less. Over the last month I have used the car about 6 times but for the last 2 weeks only once a week. I was surprised when on Monday I went to use the car and the battery was flat! One of the downsides of having an automatic is that you can't bump start it so I had to recharge the battery. Surprisingly this only took a couple of hours. I have been driving it every 3 days and it seems ok!

Now to the "subject" of this post! Has anyone any experience of the Solar trickle chargers that are available. The Smart Battery Saver has an output of 1.8amp, is this enough to keep the battery healthy?
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Thu 2 Sep 2004 13:41
Solar Battery Charger - Dynamic Dave
As this is car related (the IHAQ thread is generally not for car related stuff), it would be more suited to the Technical Matters Forum. Therefore it will be moved across later today. DD.

(btw, if you do a forum seach, there have been previous discussions on solar chargers.)
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