You know - I've wondered the same thing! We were just hoping the solar would get us through to the weekend - mid week service visits are hard. <br><br><div>ben r</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 April 2010 10:03, Clive Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bigclive1@googlemail.com">bigclive1@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Ah. Solar power in Glasgow. Despite what the solar panel suppliers<br>
say, you don't get much usable power on an overcast day. One year<br>
while putting up the Christmas Lights on George Square i took a load<br>
of small panels in and measured their current output standing in an<br>
open area of the Square. It was virtually nothing.<br>
<br>
It makes me wonder whether any of those solar powered parking ticket<br>
machines actually generate enough power to issue tickets or if they<br>
need to be fitted with a fully charged battery when the cash is<br>
collected. (Especially the ones that have their panels pointed<br>
directly into a wall or overhead canopy.)<br>
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On 22 April 2010 09:34, Ben Rush <<a href="mailto:orionrush@gmail.com">orionrush@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Feed? Its powered by 12v lead acid batteries if that's what your asking so<br>
> not permanent. We were going to top these up with a solar trickle charger<br>
> but costs were spiralling. Still something I'd like to do, but so far the<br>
> batteries hold well for 5 or so days. We've been going out there fairly<br>
> often to tweak things at this point. Ben Dembroski is going to write up some<br>
> how-to bits as soon as things calm down. Stay tuned. . .<br>
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<div><div></div><div class="h5">Clive Mitchell.<br>
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