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Ah! The smell of burning electronics.

Published on July 31, 2008 By Steve Chippy Paine

It looks like this test is over now. The TabletKiosk MP3400 blew up on me. This morning, everything was going well. The MP3400 was charging well from the Sunlinq… …but later in the day, when I was charging the Q1 Ultra from the MP3400, it all went wrong. The MP3400 overheated in a big way… [...]

Finish line: 80 min’s of battery life!

Published on September 2, 2007 By Steve Chippy Paine

Wooooooohoooooooo! Total distance covered: 450km over 10 days. UMPC, Phone, Camera, GPS and Torch all topped up from Solar energy. I made it! Distance since last post: 65kmWeather: Dark and cloudy.Notes: Don’t drink two beers at the finish line without having something to eat first!!!     Today at about 1700 (UTC+2) I crossed the [...]

Xantrec 300 / Sunlinq portable solar solution

Published on July 11, 2007 By Steve Chippy Paine

Here’s a solution based on the Sunlinq 25w panel and a Xantrec 300 Plus combo lead-acid battery/inverter. Its very similar to my own solution apart from the fact that this one weighs nearly 10KG!!! A number of blogs seemed to have picked up on this solution today and are quoting 11-12 hours charging time. This figure [...]