Dual Solar PSP Charger

Step 4: Wiring the whole thing.

This is where all the fun is. Following the wiring diagram, wire everything up. If you decide to use heat shrink to protect the connections from touching be sure to cut to length(usually 1/2" pieces will do) and slide them on the wires before soldering. Then slide up over connection and heat it up. It is very important before wiring to make sure you have enough wire to reach everything. It is better to have too much than too little, you can always tuck away an inch or two of extra wire.

Comments

[recordmasta001]

what is the voltage of the leds?

[jcalton88]

Honestly I cannot remember the voltage on them. I used a pre-assembled LED from RadioShack. It came with the holder, resistor, and LED already together. You can get just about any LED and as long as you use the 150ohm resistor, it should work fine.

[andy70707]

most LEDs are 2.1-2.5v, and a 51-151ohm resistor should be fine

[jpenn]

Actually most LEDs are 3.3-3.5 volts, but that resistance would work fine anyway.

[69ballsmahoney]

Why do you need the second switch?

[jcalton88]

I made this a little different from others. One switch is to control which battery pack is charging the PSP, the other switch is to control which battery pack is being charged by the solar cell.