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Can't charge my G!!!
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Buzzbait
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Natural sunlight is the best way to go. Everything else takes a LONG time when the battery is far down.
Be careful with the Auto-EL feature. One backlight usage takes 5 minutes of sunlight to recover. That equates to 50 minutes under fluorescent lighting. Auto-EL can drain a battery badly in one evening.
Be careful with the Auto-EL feature. One backlight usage takes 5 minutes of sunlight to recover. That equates to 50 minutes under fluorescent lighting. Auto-EL can drain a battery badly in one evening.
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Buzz is right. Try putting it in direct sunlight for a little while.
I just bought one... Anything I should be aware of? I seem to remember reading that flourescent light was best in the absence of sunlight... anyone else heard that? Would the spectrum from different light sources affect the re-charging ability of the solar panel in any way? And IIR, it takes something like 72 hours to recharge with artificial light... 
I'm pretty aware of the differences in the lumen and spectral qualities of the various artificial lights, and they're lack of comparison to actual sunlight... But I live in Seattle... so leaving my watch in a sunny location is about as good as my getting a date with some young hottie... So I have to make do with the artificial recharge..
I was just curious if anyone knew if different wavelengths performed better on the current solar panel, or is it more affected by total lumens?
I was just curious if anyone knew if different wavelengths performed better on the current solar panel, or is it more affected by total lumens?
Cougar Allen
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Bluer light has more energy. If you have to put it under an artificial light to charge it up you might try a blacklight.
I wonder if this is really necessary. Sheesh, I use the EL and alarms on my watch constantly and I change the battery once a year whether it needs it or not, just to be on the safe side -- and I'd rather continue to do that than to go to solar power if it means I have to keep charging it up.
I wonder if this is really necessary. Sheesh, I use the EL and alarms on my watch constantly and I change the battery once a year whether it needs it or not, just to be on the safe side -- and I'd rather continue to do that than to go to solar power if it means I have to keep charging it up.
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Oh yea yea yea... Good thinking, ****.
Yes, LOWER wavelengths of light would work better, when I sit my lazy ass down and think for a change. Lower wavelength, higher frequency. Think ultraviolet light (which explains why sunlight is best). The idea behind solar panels is high energy light causes electrons to "jump" from orbital to orbital in some specific atoms within the solar panel. When electrons come back down from a higher orbital to a lower, they release "energy" so to speak. And that's what your watch harnesses, I don't know off the top of my head solar panels in depth.
Anyhow. Check out howstuffworks.com. Great friggin site. Seriously. I'll go read up solar panels tmo, cause I got no time today- this homework crap is killing me.
And now I am brought to my second question. Best way to imitate high energy light??? I live in Michigan. It's been clouds, rain, ****** weather the past week or so... All I know is... It better clear up before the Wolverines tear OSU a new one this weekend...
Yes, LOWER wavelengths of light would work better, when I sit my lazy ass down and think for a change. Lower wavelength, higher frequency. Think ultraviolet light (which explains why sunlight is best). The idea behind solar panels is high energy light causes electrons to "jump" from orbital to orbital in some specific atoms within the solar panel. When electrons come back down from a higher orbital to a lower, they release "energy" so to speak. And that's what your watch harnesses, I don't know off the top of my head solar panels in depth.
Anyhow. Check out howstuffworks.com. Great friggin site. Seriously. I'll go read up solar panels tmo, cause I got no time today- this homework crap is killing me.
And now I am brought to my second question. Best way to imitate high energy light??? I live in Michigan. It's been clouds, rain, ****** weather the past week or so... All I know is... It better clear up before the Wolverines tear OSU a new one this weekend...