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Solar Cockroach Virbobot

Step 3Connect to Solar Panel

Connect to Solar Panel
Now align the two wires to the two solder points of the solar panel.

Positive and negative don't matter in this case.

I like having my motor be hanging in the middle.  You can have it any which way you like.

Simple, no?

No, you don't need anything else.

No, you don't need a diode.

No, you shouldn't try fitting a capacitor in there.  (I tried, it's not worth it.)
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Jan 20, 2011. 2:08 PMHugu says:
Any video?!...

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I'm a middle school science teacher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I like making random things and then teaching my students how to do the same. I also run a little website where I sell some of the things...
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