[AT] Solar battery charger setup

[Dave Rotigel]

That's the way it is when they find one that is the RIGHT colo(u)r!
	Dave

On Jan 19, 2016, at 8:10 AM, charlie hill wrote:

> I agree Bill but that didn't enter the equation.  We had looked
> at a lot of cars and she saw that ONE and it's the one she wanted.
> Luckily the price was right on it.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Bill Bruer
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 8:57 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Solar battery charger setup
> 
> 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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