Old 04-13-15 | 12:08 PM
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Here is your CREE Extension Cord:
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Your USB solar charger puts out about 5.5 V.
You need something that puts out greater than 8.4V.

You could wire two of those in series which would give you about 11V which would be somewhat closer than the 12V panels.

You might also consider a DC DC voltage converter. I'm not sure if the boost and buck converters are the same, but they would allow better tuning of your voltage output, and perhaps only requiring a single solar panel.

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Oh, another calculation.
Your battery packs use four 18650 Lithium batteries.
4.2V, with 2 to 6 ah each. So, (qty 4) x (4.2v) x (4 ah) = 67.2 watt hours for full charge.

That USB charger puts out about 7W max, when pointed directly at the sun at noon (probably a bit optimistic). So, it would take at least 10 hours of peak power generation to recharge the battery from drained to full. I'd guess maybe a couple of days (which isn't too bad).

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