Comments on: Double the Power on Your Solar Charger

By: Voltaic Systems

Voltaic Systems — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:52:32 +0000

It is possible and it would charge the V44. Get these two cables, adapters:

https://www.voltaicsystems.com/f3511-5521
https://www.voltaicsystems.com/m3511-splitter

Jeff

By: Cyrus Shealy

Cyrus Shealy — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:06:50 +0000

Hi. I currently have the 6 watt solar panel with the V15 battery. I was thinking about buying another 6watt solar panel and attempting to chain both 6watt panels together. Is that possible? If yes how would I connect them? Would that provide enough to power the V44 battery?

By: Nandi

Nandi — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 23:33:43 +0000

In reply to Voltaic Systems.

Thank you for the info.

Another question. Is there more than one type of Switch bag, an older and a newer model? I ask this, since amazon claims that for 149 dollars instead of 110 dollar you can buy a “newly redesigned, 50% more powerful” switch bag. Is this a marketing hoax from amazon or is it true? When I compare the two options the only difference I see is that it sais “The Switch V2….” but the details of the two bags seems to be the same when it comes to efficency.

Thank you in advance.

Nandi

By: Voltaic Systems

Voltaic Systems — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:31:34 +0000

In reply to Nandi.

Hi Nandi,

It is not possible. The Switch has a 6 Volt panel which is great for charging USB batteries, but the V72 requires 14 – 20 Volts to charge. We typically pair it with a panel or panel system that outputs 18 Volts. To see all the options that solar charge laptops, go to https://voltaicsystems.com/shop-all-gear/ and click on the laptop icon.

Jeff

By: Nandi

Nandi — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:32:52 +0000

Possible to somehow charge a V72 laptop battery with a Voltaic Switch 6 Watt bag? Would I need some kind of a special cable to connect from Switch 6W to V72 to be able to charge? The thing is I want to buy the Switch for everyday use but would like to be able to charge my macbook with the very same panel so I´m thinking of buying the V72 battery and somehow connect it to the Switch panel. I understand that charging time from the sun would take longer of course.

Possible?

By: Voltaic Systems

Voltaic Systems — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:09:45 +0000

In reply to Rowan. No, they are different Voltages (6 for the 9 Watt, 18 for the 17 Watt panel) and wouldn't work together. You could either do another 17 Watt panel or a 10 Watt Kit. You could also just get the panels with edge and corner mounts and skip the battery that is included with the 10 Watt Kit if you already have a Voltaic battery.

By: Rowan

Rowan — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:48:30 +0000

In reply to Rowan. Or maybe another 10 watt solar charger kit?

By: Rowan

Rowan — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:25:52 +0000

Would it be possible to use a 9 watt Solar panel with the 10 watt Array solar laptop charger? I would like to increase my charging speed and I know that it obviously wouldn’t be nearly as quick as if I attached the 16.5 watt panel, but I’m thinking of portablility here. It’d be easier to have another panel I could fit into my backpack

By: admin

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:38:00 +0000

In reply to Dan. Yes. This will halve the charge times in less than optimal conditions and decrease by about 30% in perfect conditions. The V72 has a max input of about 1.2A so in perfect conditions (25C, panels pointed at sun, no clouds), the panels will exceed that output. Easiest way to connect them together is to use the 3 Panel Circuit box and set it to 6V setting. This is a bit counter intuitive, but the 6V setting is really the "parallel" setting and you'll get 18V output from the two 18V panels.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:33:50 +0000

Hi,

Is it possible to connect two 16.8 watt panels with each other to charge the v72 battery?