Solar Powered USB Charger - Cheap And Easy To Make!

could you add a small battery to it so it could charge the battery and then u could charg ur phone even if it aint in the sun?
thanks

this is the best constructed solar array ive ever seen in a diy very portable and useful! now a suggestion add a capacitor somewhere in the wiring to prevent spikes in power from clouds and other things like that and if you get one big enough you could bring it into the shade for a few seconds to move the charging spot (shade is moving in or something) and then your charge wont be inturupted

for some reason, even when i had exactly 5 volts, i couldnt get anything to happen. i added a 5 volt regulator and it worked. if anyone else tries this, i would suggest a regulator. also, i tried adding 4 more and doing it in series, and i got 15 volts! just a suggestion for higher powered devices.

At the moment I am building a solar powered home in so florida. The power will be harnessed in batteries for the night hours. we will be connected to the grid and selling power unused to the local power company.I am not the engineer of record.

Thank you man!

Can you build one to power a laptop?

Gonna build me one for sure, great video, 5 stars

I'm gonna building one or two of those for me... Thats amazing! How do u know where u have to put/fix the cables?
5*!

Please can someone,tell me which cellule photovoltaique doe he use??????

and which power he had??? how many watts did he get??

If the battery is 1400mAh?? does that work??

I thought that if the maximum of the 4 was around 5V and about the nessessary amps then the cell phone will simply not work when there is not enough voltage. it cant go over if thats the max voltage It can fry if there's not enough voltage? it just cant power the damn thing!

this is a great video!!! it is easy and works great 5*

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it would be possible to plug something in that you would normally need a wall socket for-like a laptop, for example. However a wall socket gives an output of 110 volts in the US...you'll need more than a couple of garden lamps for that. lol

tnx, 5!

i have a luxury edition razr2 phone the one with gold accents and back with snakeskin on the battery along w/bottom part on back did it blow it up later on during use? i dont wanna ruin my 679.00 phone (the price is insanley high but it has gold accents on it so it's worth it to build this yes or no

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IM GONNA TRY IT 5*

for me i'd need to either buy a new card or somewhere find an old one to snatch the cable.

Dig this how to. Very neat, more more.

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i want to imcrease the amps but not want to increase the volts is that posible? how would i do it if it is?

Hi if i take my solar-powered calculator solar panel will it still work?

can i purchase one from you???

I need to get a couple lights

Why don't you think of commercializing such an idea?

that is what i need in my car. 5 stars for that

seriosly if u do I'l buy one

The World need innovative people like you. This is an amazing video. It "does" save the environment as we're using existing materials that have been produced. Thank you for sharing. We would love to see your own website with all these videos. People would actually pay for these if you build them nicely.

I love the idea, and I'll end up doing this myself one afternoon, to see how it rolls

HOWEVER:

USB ports use a Set voltage/amperage with 5V and 500 mA ( I believe so)

If you have a voltage going over, or as you say having not enough, under, then it will end up frying your device or not working, so do at risk and make sure you use a solar cell set thats best suited

However, its still a VERY NICE idea, since it gives a decent output, and this is compatible with so much.

Well Done >>>>>

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Are you Kipkay's brother?

Nice video! 5*

I was thinking about taking apart my old solar-powered calculators to make a charger for my mp3 player. I'll definitely refer to this video later on, Thanks!

On a sunny day or too many cells hooked up might fry the devices battery. "Look honey, the suns powering my ipod...OH S**t PUT OUT THE FIRE!!!!"

the whole yard and powered my house with it, thanx babblin5 :P

in stead of usb can i connect a female outlet plug???