Build a solar powered USB charger

Build a solar powered USB charger

Want to stop wasting energy charging your USB devices? Transform some cheap solar-powered garden lights into your very own solar USB charger. For step-by-step instructions on replicating this hack yourself, watch this video tutorial. Just watch to see how to build your own solar-powered USB charger with a few solar panels from those garden lights and some floppy disk wiring.

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kcdareem 1 year ago
nice
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shellymilili (8) 5 months ago
very nice
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DudeRun (3) 1 year ago
Very cool.
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Thoed 1 year ago
That's awesome, great idea! Good for emergency phones that are often kept in emergency kits for vehicles.
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lazerous_cool 1 year ago
awsome
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SERCOSPECTRO 11 months ago
INCREDIBLE!!
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emma77 11 months ago
excellent
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mofokish 11 months ago
we need more solar stuff for sure... please guys!!!
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punkthepump 10 months ago
nice job man!
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the-dude (-5) 10 months ago
doesn't it takes too long to charge ?
still nice tough
i'd like to give it a try
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vince1701 10 months ago
i wonder what the minimum amperage is... i get that the voltage needs to be around 5v but what about amperage?
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ooISAACoo (-2) 8 months ago
yea it's very nice but these system needs to be controled in order to keep our stuff from taking over what it needs
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michaelsigcha 8 months ago
cool
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gamma_a 7 months ago
kik asse
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ninjabob91 7 months ago
what if you got enough to power a lamp so that you could start the lamp to start using a plug in to power the solar panels then unplug from the wall and let the panels power the lamp forever ???is that possible it would be like amazing green energy
re using the energy
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dmeon (-4) 6 months ago
Think again. He needed a 110v 40w lamp to get 5v and probably not even 0.5w.
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ninjabob91 6 months ago
oh i see but maby wit a more evitiant set of pannels and better placement just a neat idea
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dmeon (-4) 6 months ago
The problem is that you need to get more energy out of the lamp than you put in, which will never happen. Much of the energy is for instance lost when it turns into heat.
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SulaFreaks 7 months ago
HAHA!, good work what about to hook the solar ower set to a flash light, and youre phone immortal energi?
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blackmagic1937 (1) 6 months ago
so this is sweet and all, but what if u strap like 10 together giving u like 25 volts and u plugged something that only needed 10, could it over power the iteam?
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raphaelmpr (-1) 6 months ago
can this power up an iPhone??
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raghu_lifescience 4 months ago
Can i use this to charge USB MP3 Players???
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jbneri 4 weeks ago
but the question is, does this work?
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prayag2010 3 weeks ago
can we take more solar cells and take a 5v regulator ?
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