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Make a solar battery charger in 5min

Make a solar battery charger in 5min
Use a garden lamp to charge batteries. This lamp cost $4.00. I used it to charge the batteries for my beard trimmer.
 
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Take out the three screws holding the unit together.
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7 comments
Jul 24, 2009. 12:10 PMpancho del rancho says:
u no how it has the positive and negative will it charge a cell phone if u connect them like a phone chrger strip and put the wires together and negative with nagitive do u think it will have enough to charge
Jul 24, 2009. 10:44 AMpancho del rancho says:
wow man nice
Jul 24, 2009. 10:32 AMpancho del rancho says:
ahhhhh i have the exact one u gotit from wallmart huh hahahahah
Jul 19, 2009. 10:38 AMimakethings says:
what is he voltage rating of the solar panel?
May 6, 2009. 8:50 AMmaruawe says:
If you get the larger yard light ,and cut the wires to one and attach both to a battery would it not charge it in one day. I use a yard light solar charger to power a flash light that I keep in the car,made as above and it works very well. .
May 7, 2009. 5:56 AMmaruawe says:
i found cheap yard lights at target to try this approach with a in line switch for the light Hopefully someone can give us both the particulars

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