[VIC Mel] Folding hiking solar panel

[bohwaz]

Selling my hiking solar power. It is of the folding type, with one USB output. Works best with a USB battery.

Price: $25 if you come take it, +$10 for shipping (registered parcel).

5V / 500 mA
weight 90 g

Brand: MyMobilePower
Open size: 29 x 21 cm
Closed size: 21 x 6 x 1.3 cm

[Dino rover]

What suburb for pick up?

Thx

dr

[bohwaz]

Ringwood.

[bohwaz]

Bump.

[bohwaz]

Price now $20 with postage or $10 without. Must be gone by wednesday, I leave for NZ!

[DanShell]

I'll take it if it will actually charge a power bank!

[carryless]

With my phone it would take 6 hours to charge but that's only accounting for a 20% inefficiency. 36 hours for a 15000mAh power bank.

With clouds and trees you could expect a lot longer time frames. That being said, it's more important to work out how much you use each day, and then determine how much time you will need to be charging for to maintain that.

I'm interested if Dan doesn't take it.

[bohwaz]

Yes it can charge a power bank, but mine is dead (cheap chinese power bank lasted about a year), I don't recommend charging a phone directly. The voltage is stable enough (4.8 to 5.1V measured) but the amperage can vary widely with clouds and stuff, so a power bank is better, as phones sometimes will display "Charging" but won't charge because of low amperage and drain their battery by keeping the LCD on.

[DanShell]

Ok ill take it. PM on the way.

[bohwaz]

Sold to DanShell, thanks!