For those who have bought the HME Solar External Battery for their Cell Cams, you already know they don't keep your battery charged for more than a week and a half but all is not lost! The fault lies in for 1. their solar panel is not big enough and 2. The circuitry robs you of much needed charge capacity! Tested under a shop light (you'll get better performance from sunlight) I was able to get 10X the charge performance from this simple mod.
Things needed:
Tractor supply 12V solar feeder charger
Soldering Iron
3M VBH tape (or your favorite 2 sided tape)
Shrink tube.
I'm new here so this will be a milti post DIY, but in the end you will end up with a panel that produces .6v indoors to 7v indoors, I equate to full sun vs shaded sun
Things needed:
Tractor supply 12V solar feeder charger
Soldering Iron
3M VBH tape (or your favorite 2 sided tape)
Shrink tube.
I'm new here so this will be a milti post DIY, but in the end you will end up with a panel that produces .6v indoors to 7v indoors, I equate to full sun vs shaded sun
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