Solar Chargers

Solar Chargers
Primary Contact	Matt L
Created	25/10/2011
Completed	{{{completeddate}}}
Dormant	{{{dormantdate}}}
Version	{{{version}}}
Members	{{{members}}}
Manufacturer	{{{manufacturer}}}
Model	{{{model}}}
Location	[[{{{location}}}]]
GitHub / Repo	{{{repo}}}
Status	Complete
Type	Undefined
Live Status	{{{livestatus}}}
QR code

The plan was to learn to build a solar powered lantern using recycled and donated materials as much as possible. We will have a load of small solar panels around, some LED lights, components and ideas for packaging it all up. The end result should be similar to the sun-jar, but its up to you what happens. In the end we decided upon building solar battery chargers for charging 2 x AA batteries.

Some links include:

• MIT global challenge 2011 with some solar lanterns (deadlink)
• Solar lanterns for India Instructable
• Solar lantern idea
• Solar lantern idea
• Solar lantern idea
• Solar lantern for the developing world
• Communities of light presentation
• Solar lantern ideas with lots of circuits
• An instrucatble on solar phone chargers

Photos of the workshop are here. Chat with Matt L if you'd like to build one yourself.

Find information about us building Joule Thief's here