• Yaesu FT-817 Solar Powered Go-Pack: Battery test – Part 2

    Posted in: Video

    The aim here is to see how long the 12 Watt PV takes to recharge the battery

    Tweet about this on TwitterShare on Google+Share on FacebookEmail this to someoneDigg thisShare on RedditShare on Tumblr
    • Placeholder image

  • After discharging the battery I setup the Solar Powered Go-Pack outside on a lovely sunny day. The aim here is to see how long the 12 Watt PV takes to recharge the battery. In a previous test I used a 50 Watt PV and it took 3 hours to reach about 90% charge and 4 hours to reach full charge. The Watts Up meter showed it had replaced just over 7Ah of charge which seems fairly accurate.

    I’ll post the results of the 12 Watt PV in part 3.

    The parts can be found here:
    http://astore.amazon.com/m0711-20?_en…