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6v solar panel for charging

Is a 6v solar panel (260 mah) enough to charge 4 AA NIHM battery? The four batteries in serie amount to 4,8 volts, and  fully charged they can amount to 5,5v. I'm planning to add a diode, that can drop the voltage by 0,2v.

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Feb 17, 2012. 10:11 PMkrishnan111 says:
yes its a large enough but it take a long time to charge on bright sun.. you can connect two battery at a a time for a good result in short time...

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