Solar Charger

A solar charger is a charger that supplies electricity to different devices or batteries with the use of solar energy. They are generally used to charge lead batteries. Solar chargers use solar panels to charge batteries or devices. Solar chargers come into existence when no electricity is supplied to them. You can store charge and use in some of the solar chargers whenever required, and some solar chargers charge the batteries directly without holding any charge.

A solar charger consists of different components. Some of them are listed below:

Mounts: It is used for holding the panels to the roof.

Wire harness: It works as a carrier and carries charge from the panels to different devices or batteries using a charge controller.

Solar panels: It is used to turn sunlight into a charging current.

Charge controller system: It regulates the flow of electricity to different devices and batteries.

System monitors: It is optional to use and may or may not be present in the solar chargers. They are used to keep track of the performance of the system.

There are many advantages to using a solar charger. Some of them are listed below:

The solar charger is clean, quiet, and easy to use: The solar charger is quite efficient. It takes off no extra fuel and wastes no energy. It is soft as it has no moving parts installed in it. You can quickly generate electricity just by placing solar chargers in the sun.

Solar chargers increase battery life: The exact requirement of every battery is pure d.c electricity, and solar chargers can quickly fulfill this essential requirement.

A solar charger is electrically independent: Solar chargers can be easily used anywhere, whether it may be jungle or desert or any other.

The solar charger requires low maintenance: Solar chargers consume no fuel and has no moving parts, so you need not maintain it much as it doesn't require any change in energy.

The solar charger is safe and reliable: There are no wires and plugs installed in solar chargers, making it safe and secure to use.

As we all know, every coin has two sides. Similarly, every device has some advantages and disadvantages. Listed below are some of the disadvantages of solar chargers:

Solar chargers are too expensive: The cost of purchasing solar chargers is relatively high. But maybe in the future, its charges may decrease down because of its high demands.

Solar chargers are weather-dependent: As we can all justify from the name solar charger itself, solar chargers need solar energy. Solar chargers can be used in clouds or rains.

Solar chargers use a lot of space: This is a widespread problem with solar chargers. To consume more energy, you need more solar panels, which require lots of space.

Solar chargers are associated with pollutions: Pollution seems a common problem to use any devices. Solar chargers are also associated with pollution but more minor as compared to other sources of energy.

There exist some buying guides for every product. Listed below are some of the things which you should keep in mind if you are willing to buy a solar charger:

Efficiency: You should always choose solar chargers with high efficiency to even use them when there is not much sunlight. Highly efficient solar chargers can even be used in winters.

Size: Solar chargers are available in different sizes—the more the size of the solar charger, the more the power. 

Power: You might select solar chargers with high power as it charges quickly compared to low power solar chargers.

Cables and connectors: You may choose solar chargers with multiple connectors as it provides users with different options.

A solar charger converts solar energy into electrical energy directly by a process called the electrochemical process. A solar charger can directly now charge the devices or batteries or store charge and use it whenever needed.

No, you cannot put out a solar charger in rains or dense clouds. As we all know, solar charger runs because of solar energy, so sunlight is necessary for a solar charger to work.

There exist different uses of solar charger, so some are mentioned below:

• It is used in some of the standard laptop chargers.
• It is also used as PDA, iPod, and mobile chargers.
• It is used to charge AA OR AAA batteries.