[pct-l] Cell phone charging and batteries

[brandt at snf.stanford.edu (Karl Brandt)]

My sister used a battery charger similar to this one
    http://www.setsolar.com/solaraa.htm
on the Annapurna Circuit a few years back with good success. It's cheaper
at $15. My recollection was that it weighed about 6 ounces.

-Karl

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Karl "Birdman" Brandt PCT97 LT98                    
http://people.ucsc.edu/~kbrandt/

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Jeff Moorehead wrote:

> wow-- quite a gadget. Lot's of hyped up and weighty plastic though. I bought 
> some cool simple solar panels that put out 6 volts, 7.4 watts. My problem is 
> that I don't know how to wire anything up and I don't understand electronics 
> well enough to do it. Does anyone out there remember their basic 
> electronics? If so, we could put together plans for a solar charger for 
> backcountry gadgets. That will get this techno thread headed in the right 
> direction...