If I buy size C rechargeable batteries with the solar panel battery charger will it keep the batteries charged?
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I'm sorry Tammy, I don't have an answer for your question. Maybe another person can give you an answer.
221008
The solar charger would work as a maintenance charger only. Which means, the batteries must be fully charged prior to connection of the solar charger.The solar charger will maintain the top charge on the batteries as long as there are no draws on the batteries. The batteries would need to be either wet conventional or AGM type.The 2 batteries would also need to be connected in parallel (pos to pos / neg to neg) so it will be a 12 volt set of batteries.
558953
Yes, with the charger that comes with the batteries, the light is green when installed, then turns red when charging, my Nitecore Intellicharger i4 charges all batteries faster and better.
1227799
yea it will be fine to leave it plugged in and the batteries in. they are lithium ion type batteries the same kind in laptops and cell phones. so they will charge up then the charger will just keep them charged till your ready to use them, i dont know about long term though like over a week or two probably wouldnt be great for them.
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If you match the proper size batteries to your panels through the right size charge controller you will have no problem charging the batteries. The generally accepted ratio is 1 1/2 watts of panel per amp hour of battery for a productive charge. This unit is not a charge controller. This is a 12 volt power inverter that converts the 12 volt power in your battery to 120volt ac for common use. I have one of these. It works ok for the money but it doesn't produce very "clean" electricity.
810525
Yes you can. The charger is designed to recognize a full charge and then will trickle charge so that the batteries stay charged and ready but not overcharged. I am doing the same on mine
1448206
Yes, However you may purchase chargers that take less time to charge. I own several batteries and chargers and charge them overnight when I am taking lots of photographs on a trip for example.
1607430
The panels will charge when attached to the base. Make sure they are completely and properly attached. Also, I've found that when the batteries in the base run low, the panels do not charge as well if at all.
2065936
Yes... but a solar panel this small would take weeks or more to charge that battery. I use a mich larger solar panel to keep a car battery charged. I bought it at harbor freight for $40 or so. But that panel takes 3 days to charge a car battery and is about 25x larger than this one. In short solar power is not very efficient and takes a long time to do much of anything. Hope this helps.
691120
Yes, But that depends on how much you are drawing them down. If it is to just keep them charged up (trickle charge) definitely yes. For an example if you are drawing 5 amps per hr. for 10 hrs your batteries would need to be rated together at 50 amp/hr. Your charger and panel would be able to keep up to this But the sun doesn't shine every day so you could start to run out charge. and the batteries will drain down. The six months in summer it would be able to maintain the batteries. You just have to be able to put back into the batteries what you have taken out of them.
1920469
Doubtful that you will get a 100% answer. That said, if your charge charge the correct batteries you need, and you buy Wasabi batteries of the same kind... what are you worried about?
1474664
Yes, any brand of C cell batteries will work well including re-chargeables.
96994
No, the charger has an automatic shutoff so it won't keep charging. It's designed to hold the controllers until you are ready to use.
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yes, as long as the inverter is not plugged into ac the solar panel will charge the batteries through the controller. if the ac is plugged in and the inverter starts to charge the controller will no longer supply the batteries with a charge through the solar panels.
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Hey, Jeff, No, they will not charge because the solar panel is wired to charge only the one, rechargeable battery that comes with the radio. I'm not sure about the hand crank, though...but I don't think so. The good news is that there is an adapter to charge the batteries, via their regular charger. So I guess, kind of in a secondary sort of way, you can charge your AAA rechargeable batteries with this unit. But with the adapter, not the hand crank, or the solar panel.
344427
No. I think that if rechargeable batteries are installed, it may charge them.
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Depends on the controller. Some have a series of colored LEDs indicating the charging rate, some have an LCD voltmeter showing the current state of charge. Almost all, including the least expensive, drop down to a trickle charge state as the battery approaches a full charge. A battery will lose some power just being stored. The solar charge controllers will keep it charged up automatically. As ever, it is best to fully research the capabilities and limitations of each mfr. Amazon user reviews have been very helpful for me. Hope this helps.