Could it be that the power bank or phone is negotiating a lower charge rate than the solar panel is capable of producing? My home office window gets full sun in the morning and heats up the office quickly (few homes have AC in the UK). I was thinking of getting a big enough solar panel to hang on the outside of the window as a sun screen and part-power one of my laptops. It turns out to be an expensive way to provide a small amount of power, though.
@DylanDurdle
Ай бұрын
This panel is garbage. I bought it after another YT was endorsing it(who was getting paid to speak good things about the panel). The panel is garbage and you will never get 30w output from it (or even half of that). If you look at the packaging box at the start of the video, it says 18w via usb-c. It may as well be a 20w panel.
@InsideOutElectronics
Ай бұрын
I did not think about this! I would have to re-do the experiment and try to use 2 or may be 3 loads simultaneously to see what would be the total power draw. But I agree they output is minimal, better to stick with proper 400W or so panels form reputable brands... eg LG
@InsideOutElectronics
Ай бұрын
I will redo my tests, but I agree so fat I could not get more then 18W... may be more in sahara desert !
@DylanDurdle
Ай бұрын
@@InsideOutElectronics No, it is a garbage panel and I'm going to leave appropriate feedback on amazon. The USB-C is maxed out at 18W regardless. It says so on the box and in the manual. What is the point of making it a 30W panel if it outputs max 18W. Bad product design. You may as well make a 100W panel and make it a gimmick. I have other panels, mostly 40W and they really support max output 40W, and they use USB-C as well. So one might say then, well, if you plug in a USB-C and max that out at 18W and then plug in a USB-A at the same time,and you get additional wattage there, and you will top out at 40W. NO -- WRONG. If you plug in a USB-A while maxing out on the USB-C at 18W, your USB-C wattage drops. I plugged in a USB-A and was getting 5W via it and then the USB-C dropped from 18W to 12W, so the total net output was
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