[AT] Solar battery charger setup

[Bill Bruer]

Charlie, very few of those electronics add to a vehicle's useability or 
functionality.  Worse is the marketing.  You can't pick and choose the 
options you want.  They are sold in expensive packages. I really wanted 
fog lights on my 2013 Nissan Sentra but would have had to buy the next 
level option package.  There was nothing else in that package that I 
wanted.  The fog lights would have cost me about $1500.

Bill

On 1/17/2016 7:34 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Lynn recently broke down and bought a new car to replace
> the Buick she had bought and driven for the last 18 years.
> The new car is so loaded up with electronics that the salesman
> told us that it is possible to call the car on your phone and
> start the engine.  Then he said "if you travel, you need to call and
> start it at least once a week" apparently if you don't all of the
> electronics loose their memory and have to be reset.  (radio
> presets, mirror and seat settings, and all sorts of other stuff
> stored in the cars computer).
>
> Enough already.  I'm about ready to go find a early to mid 70's car with
> a good body and breaker point ignition and restore it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Bruer
> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 5:55 PM
> To: Antique Tractor
> Subject: [AT] Solar battery charger setup
>
> I recently picked up one of these 1.5 watt solar battery chargers on sale at
> Harbor
> Freight for $14.99 -
> http://www.harborfreight.com/15-watt-solar-battery-charger-68692.html
>
> The manual says it needs an external voltage regualtor to prevent
> overcharging.  There's no indicaction of that requirement on the packaging.
> What's the best (cheap) way to set this thing up so that it can be left
> on a battery for indefinite periods?  Harbor Freight has a 100 watt
> regulator -
> http://www.harborfreight.com/7-amp-solar-charge-regulator-96728.html
> that will also allow you to power a tool but costs $25.99.  Kind of defeats
> the
> sale price on the charger.
>
> My main use will be to keep the battery hot on my IH 686 tractor with a
> D312 engine.  However, I would like to mount the panel and regulator on a
> light
> frame that can be moved to any piece of equipment where it may be
> needed.
>
> Bill Bruer
> Murfreesboro, TN
>
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