Guest lostsoul Posted May 6, 2001 Share Posted May 6, 2001 I was looking for a solar charger and found at Home Depot a Malibu solar garden light by Intermatic which I converted into a lightweight charger by removing the top of the unit. It includes two rechargeable AA batteries in the top compartment. I disconnected the LED board. I velcroed the unit to my baseball cap, backpack or left it on my dashboard. The unit cost $19 but you may want to look at their desktop version which they called solar candle. http://www.intermatic.com/malibu/s6.htm 1 day later: I disassembled the unit and realize that the cells are only 3mm thick on a solid substrate. I resoldered the diode of the LED board (seems to be only component you need and the pos and neg wires of course) on the substrate. Extend the pos/neg wires to a connector for the GPS and and velcroed the thing on top of an old San Diego Chargers baseball cap. Yes pun intended. LOL. Note: Leave soldering to an experienced electronic tech [This message has been edited by lostsoul (edited 07 May 2001).] Quote Link to comment
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