Solar Powered Audio

This is a simple set up. 7 amp SLA batteries are about $20. each and a 2x4 ft panel/charger is about $200.

Wow. That's considerably fewer batteries and panels than I imagined would be necessary. How many components run off this array, and for how many hours per day?

Solar power is full of impurities. Look at the large amounts of skin cancer cases beign reported yearly. Please! I am not sure many of you are looking forward to bringing your Conrad Johnsons to the Green Peace ward of the Ralph Nader/Sinai hospital for biopsies of your tube gear.

I am partial to Delco batteries. I have never heard "blacks" as black and my system has never sounded more "PRATish" since hooking up all my gear to 6 of these cuties.

Rufus

Tvad, my sonic impact t amp runs for a couple of 8 hr daysbefore it needs recharging. I use a seperate batt for each component. If you don't run down the batteries completely, just a trickle is all you need to bring it back up to full power, maybe 8 hrs. The dynavector phono pre is about the same or longer lasting. The Technics SL-10 is new but it looks like it will drain quicker than the others, iI might try a bigger SLA for that one. The panel does not even need to be mounted, you could move it around to the sunny windows or stick it out in the yard. When the sun is hiding you could always cheat and run an extension over to the folks next doors house or street pole and steal power from the grinning gridmeisters.

A solar trickle charger, Tvad, is what I said. And; Last I checked, I've never heard of a solar-voltaic cell checking out over sun spots.

07-15-06: Biomimetic
A solar trickle charger, Tvad, is what I said.

Yes you did. My apology.