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Old 16-Sep-2006, 12:26
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Originally Posted by twpd
I have a solar panel that I use for trickle charging the bikes and my van. It cost £9.99 from Maplins. It does the job a treat but, it's too big to carry on a bike and is only suitable for trickle charging at around 180mA. It takes days to put any meaningful level of charge into a battery.

Is it this one?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...solar&doy=16m9

Looks like they have raised the price but sounds like a good alternative to an optimate if you don't have a power source in the garage.
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