We have all heard how harnessing the power of the sun through solar energy systems can help to save the planet. But did you also know that by using solar powered systems for even the smallest and most mundane tasks could help to save you money as well. Certainly getting yourself a system that allows you to use solar power for hobby and past time activities is a wise investment.
The biggest advantage to having an energy supply that allows you to harness the energy of the sun is that you are using a renewable energy source. This is environmentally friendly, as it does not emit any kind of pollution once the power has been converted and use to supply electricity.
When it comes to us participating in such hobbies and pastimes such as model airplanes or boat building which rely on batteries in order to supply energy to them. Therefore more and more people who need to use batteries in electronic equipment are using ones that can be recharged.
Today rather than using a more traditional way of recharging the batteries by plugging the recharger into a main electrical supply, you can now use a solar powered one instead. There are a variety of different packs that you can use for helping to recharge batteries and below we take a look at what some of these are.
1. Brunton 4.4 Watt Foldable Solar Charger With Battery Charger - This is not only highly efficient but can save you time and money. It allows you to install any kind of rechargeable NiMH round cell AA batteries into the unit for recharging and often will only take a few hours of full sunlight for the batteries to have been fully recharged.
2. Sunforce 50032 15 Watt Solar Battery Charger - This one actually provides you with the capability to keep a 12-volt battery fully charged even when being used. But in order for it to be really effective you need to also have a charge controller and a power inverter as well if you wish to convert the power in the battery so that you could actually connect a household appliance to it.
The big advantage to using any kind of solar power for hobby purposes as well as for recharging batteries is that they are made small enough that they can be easily incorporated into the thing that they will be powering. For example for model cars or boats the solar panels that are collecting the suns energy in order to power them can be placed on top of them.
