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Posted by barthome1 on February 7, 2008, 10:21 am


Hello,

I have a Garmin iQue M5 PDA/GPS unit. I was wondering if anyone had
been able to rig up a solar panel to recharge the battery on such a
unit. I would like to rig up something to recharge the unit while
camping.

The wall charger has an output of 5V, 1.6A, 8W. I guess I would
either have to find a way to convert the solar panel output to this or
have a charger that puts out house current and use the wall unit as
it.

Anybody got any ideas?

Bart

Posted by Richard Owlett on February 7, 2008, 12:41 pm


barthome1@comcast.net wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a Garmin iQue M5 PDA/GPS unit. I was wondering if anyone had
> been able to rig up a solar panel to recharge the battery on such a
> unit. I would like to rig up something to recharge the unit while
> camping.
>
> The wall charger has an output of 5V, 1.6A, 8W. I guess I would
> either have to find a way to convert the solar panel output to this or
> have a charger that puts out house current and use the wall unit as
> it.
>
> Anybody got any ideas?
>
> Bart

www.google.com/search?q=%22solar+panel%22+%225+volt%22

Pricey ;0>


Posted by Bill Cotton on February 7, 2008, 5:53 pm



> barthome1@comcast.net wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have a Garmin iQue M5 PDA/GPS unit. I was wondering if anyone had
>> been able to rig up a solar panel to recharge the battery on such a
>> unit. I would like to rig up something to recharge the unit while
>> camping.
>> The wall charger has an output of 5V, 1.6A, 8W. I guess I would
>> either have to find a way to convert the solar panel output to this or
>> have a charger that puts out house current and use the wall unit as
>> it.
>> Anybody got any ideas?
>> Bart
> www.google.com/search?q=%22solar+panel%22+%225+volt%22
I use a auto charger adapter and a 5 watt 12volt solar panel
http://www.billcotton.com/quest_on_bicycle.htm



Posted by Rudy P on February 8, 2008, 8:58 am


You can use 15Ah 6v gell battery fused by 2Amp fuse through a 2 amp rated
silicone diode.

> Hello,
> I have a Garmin iQue M5 PDA/GPS unit. I was wondering if anyone had
> been able to rig up a solar panel to recharge the battery on such a
> unit. I would like to rig up something to recharge the unit while
> camping.
> The wall charger has an output of 5V, 1.6A, 8W. I guess I would
> either have to find a way to convert the solar panel output to this or
> have a charger that puts out house current and use the wall unit as
> it.
> Anybody got any ideas?
> Bart



Posted by barthome1 on February 8, 2008, 2:25 pm


> You can use 15Ah 6v gell battery fused by 2Amp fuse through a 2 amp rated
> silicone diode.
> > Hello,
> > I have aGarminiQueM5PDA/GPS unit. I was wondering if anyone had
> > been able to rig up asolarpanel to recharge the battery on such a
> > unit. I would like to rig up something to recharge the unit while
> > camping.
> > The wall charger has an output of 5V, 1.6A, 8W. I guess I would
> > either have to find a way to convert thesolarpanel output to this or
> > have a charger that puts out house current and use the wall unit as
> > it.
> > Anybody got any ideas?
> > Bart

Thanks for all the suggestions. I think due to me lack of great
electronic skills, the 12V automobile charger route will be the best.
I should be able to plug together compatible components without fancy
engineering.

Bart

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