Posted by Merlin-7 KI4ILB on February 27, 2006, 6:21 pm
I saw somewhere that someone had a prius that they used there solar panels
to charge the batteries in the car?
It seems to me that there would be all kinds of problems in doing this
because the engine in the car would cut in to charge the battery bank etc.
Has anyone tryed this?
What voltage are the batteries?
Thanks
Joe
Posted by Martin Herzfeld on February 27, 2006, 6:56 pm
Merlin-7 KI4ILB wrote:
> I saw somewhere that someone had a prius that they used there solar panels
> to charge the batteries in the car?
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/productstory?id@320
> It seems to me that there would be all kinds of problems in doing this
> because the engine in the car would cut in to charge the battery bank etc.
> Has anyone tryed this?
>
> What voltage are the batteries?
> Thanks
> Joe
>
>
Posted by Steve Spence on February 27, 2006, 7:10 pm
Martin Herzfeld wrote:
> Merlin-7 KI4ILB wrote:
>> I saw somewhere that someone had a prius that they used there solar
>> panels
>> to charge the batteries in the car?
>
> http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/productstory?id@320
>
55mpg, 10% improvement, so about 5mpg increase. $2.00 / gallon gasoline,
payback in 5487.5 miles?
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Posted by Tony Wesley on February 27, 2006, 8:44 pm
Steve Spence wrote:
> Martin Herzfeld wrote:
> > Merlin-7 KI4ILB wrote:
> >> I saw somewhere that someone had a prius that they used there solar
> >> panels to charge the batteries in the car?
> > http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/productstory?id@320
> 55mpg, 10% improvement, so about 5mpg increase. $2.00 / gallon gasoline,
> payback in 5487.5 miles?
No way are they getting 10% improvement. Not from 30 watts watts of
solar panels.
>From http://www.solatecllc.com/products.htm :
Manufacturer Rated Output Current: 30 watts (2 panels)
Hmmm, 30 watts of current.
Posted by SJC on February 27, 2006, 8:50 pm
>
> Steve Spence wrote:
>> Martin Herzfeld wrote:
>> > Merlin-7 KI4ILB wrote:
>> >> I saw somewhere that someone had a prius that they used there solar
>> >> panels to charge the batteries in the car?
>
>> > http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/productstory?id=40320
>
>> 55mpg, 10% improvement, so about 5mpg increase. $2.00 / gallon gasoline,
>> payback in 5487.5 miles?
>
> No way are they getting 10% improvement. Not from 30 watts watts of
> solar panels.
>
>>From http://www.solatecllc.com/products.htm :
>
> Manufacturer Rated Output Current: 30 watts (2 panels)
>
> Hmmm, 30 watts of current.
That was my first thought too. I would not even give it 1%.
But don't shoot the messenger, these guys were nice enough to
post the link..they don't sell em :)
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