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Solar rainbow discoball!

Step 4Solder the motor and panel

Solder the motor and panel
Solder the motor to the PCB. It doesn't matter which way round the motor goes, just connect the leads to the connections marked motor+ and motor-.

Your solar panel may not come with leads, in which case solder a thin black wire to the negative side and a thin red wire to the positive side.

Solder the solar panel to the connections on the PCB. Make sure the red goes to solar+ and the black to solar-
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