I've just endulged in a little bit of impulse buying...
With the numbers expected at Lostock, I've been a bit concerned about the availability of power at the site for charging batteries during the day. For some time I've been looking around for a solar charger suitable for recharging my field batteries when on camping trips. I can probably manage 2 to 3 nights just observing, but I can flatten all my field batteries in a solid night of imaging...
So this morning I had a quick look on the DSE site and found a 6W solar charger - 400mA @ 15V. It's a bit shy of the 1A I would like to emulate the 240V charger that comes with the batteries... so I have bought 2!
Apparently, they can be connected together and they read like there's minimal work to connect and get them going. I hope that's the case, otherwise I've left my run too late for Lostock!
Lyn's shopping in Baturst today and picking them up, while I start packing the truck for Lostock...
FYI here's the link:
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/O3308
I will post a report on how they go.
Al.