Can I charge a battery by the sun at the same time I'm using the battery to charge devices?
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If the battery already has a charge it would be like using it white plugged into the wall... Just not as good. The solar charger is more like a trickle charge. It will keep the battery charged longer than if it wasn't charging it. Thus is assuming your battery can drain and charge at the same time
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I don't think the solar batteries can be recharged that way but I'm not sure.Maybe contact the battery company and ask them.
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Hi PeterYes, you are quite right. I hadn't tried that but my unit will not do both at the same time. In practice I have a dual USB charger so the need has never arisen. Regards Richard Allan.
495864
You can install an inverter to your battery and use the solar to charge it. You can not run an inverter directly from the solar panels.
877910
Yes, and the brighter the sunlight, the better the re-charging goes; so I pay attention to align it to direct sunlight as much as possible. Had the unit for quite a while now and still going strong.
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You wouldn't need to charge this as it is a charger. Whatever you could charge with a solar charger you could charge with this provided the connections are compatible.
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The battery can obviously be charged, so yes it could be done. However, I suspect one would absolutely have to have a trickle charger of the correct voltage. You could check with the battery manufacturer to determine what amp rate is acceptable, and then charge it. Myself, I would get two batteries, change them out as needed and charge the one that is out of the machine. I say this because, one of the great things about this fence charger is that the circuitry is protected from the multitude of power surges during summer thunderstorms here in the Deep South. Those power line surges damage and can even destroy the circuitry of something like a fence charger. Solar chargers are of course exempt from such issues, giving them a very long life. Hooking it to a battery charger while that battery is in the fence charger would eliminate that advantage. Just my thoughts.
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Yes as far I know you can. I have charged both batteries with it and have had no problems.
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Yes you can pre-charge it with the sun or with your computer. I pre-charged mine and left it in the closet for two months, and it was fine.
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Yes, it can charge your device while being usb charged,But it can't be charged by solar power. It can charge 60%~70% power for your phone after it solar charged for 6~7 hours under normal sunlight. Solar charging is useful for emergency when outside,but do not over count on this feature, And it's not suggested that putting it in temperatures as hot as 150F,thanks your question.
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No...It has to be direct sunlight. Also, the solar charger takes a long time to recharge the battery. I basically just used it as a secondary battery and charged it from the wall socket the night before. I think the solar charger would only help if you had several days to charge it. I left it on my dash once for a week and it barely charged half way.
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you mean switch?, when its charging a device you can have it on on and also have it in the sunlight (charging both at once) , or you can keep it on off and just have the charger go to 50% ( you have to plug into the wall or computer to get it to 100%
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no it does not charge when placed on the sun with something connected to it i just tried.
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Yes, just connect it independently to the batteries(not through the solar charge controller).
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That's a good question. I THINK it works by either charging the connected device from its battery, or by charging the battery. There's an on/off switch that powers the USB connection. So that's a way to differentiate this from a true solar charger. With this you can charge and store, with a solar charger you have to leave the device connected to the solar charger and in the sun to charge.I could be wrong about that. I may ahve to test that the next sunny day.
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Yes - if you have the solar capacity and the time. I used a morning star solar battery charger and 230 watt solar panel.
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Yes, you can. As a matter of fact, you can connect the phone USB end to the charger itself while the other battery is on the charger.