Make A Handheld Solar Power Supply

Step 7 Finished

That's it, we're done.

Close the tin, and admire the finished product. Leave it in the sun for a while and make sure everything charges.

If you don't get a charge, you probably have a short somewhere. Take everything out of the tin and see if it still charges. it if does, you need more tape to separate metal from metal

Comments

[DanwiseG]

Why in the HELL would you use THAT connector.... i mean come on.... this isn't a guitar.

[jrossetti]

Oh please, does it really matter what kind of connector he chooses? What would you have him use? Screw terminals? Are you some kind of connector bigot?

[slchorne]

Because it is BIG and easy to keep clean. I use this system in a place that gets VERY FINE corrosive dust everywhere. The female end isn't enclosed and this easy to blow air out of, and the male end has enough contact area to work around a few rust spots. Ask an audio engineer why they don't use USB for guitar or speaker cables.

[gomibakou]

Surely because the usb connectors appeared years later than jacks

;)

[budjiman1]

"but how do you get the power out?" ...Are you kidding me?! YOU could try asking it nicely...lol. It "comes out" through the jack. Just because it's traditionally an "audio" type jack doesn't mean it can't transfer power. It still has a positive and negative and the current can still travel through it.

[budjiman1]

Why is everyone making such a big deal about the choice of "jack" here. If ya don't like it then just use what ya want.

[booye32]

how do you use the power that you are producing??

[turtleshane]

well you could buy a 1/4 plug and a charger for what you want to charge and then splice or cut, and strip the charger from the part that plugs i n the wall. AND then solder the stripped wires and solder them to the 1/4 plug should work

[Misc.123]

but how do you get the power out?