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Originally Posted by California98Civic
Seems almost like it could replace a sunvisor behind the windshield.
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It could, it even has elastic straps for that purpose. But my sun visors are too far back. Then, the hatch window is almost horizontal and the top is completely invisible in the mirror. It is the best possible location in my car.
I hadn't properly tested the charge current in situ. So this morning I hooked it up to my Fluke.
The weather could have been better:
But even under cloud cover (no shades) it produces 30-40 mA:
And in the gaps between the clouds things get better:
It had been higher than that (> 150 mA), but camera apps, handheld connectors and clumsy me conspired against capturing the moment.
Ah well. Good enough for its purpose. It will even charge a tiny bit on an overcast day. Voltage was up to 18 Volt unhooked, full cloud cover, and over 23 when the sun peeped by.
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