This is strictly a "trickle charger" look at the size of the
panel............My brother is a EE and we talked a few years about solar
panels in camping, etc.......and his thoughts on the subject were that it is
costly, the technology has more or less gone as far as it can go (within
reason) and there are a lot of size and storage limitations to get any real
advantage............did some research and feel the same...........but
something like this little battery charger seems like a very good idea in
the case of your van sitting there not being used as a daily driver.

Adam P

81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick)
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stu Schwartz" <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: VW Solar Panel

> Just curious...does it have any specs as to how fast it charges.  This is
how I might use it and was wondering how it would work...
>
> I go to a concert about 5 hours early and play my CD with the engine off
and this plugged in.  Will it help to make sure I can start the westy?
>
> I realize 5 hours isn't a lot of time and the battery should be able to
handle that but you never know....until it's too late..
>
> --peace--
>    stu
>
> On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:00:01 -0400, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> >Date:    Fri, 31 May 2002 20:40:18 -0500
> >From:    Chris Hinkle <chris_hinkle@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >Subject: Re: VW Solar Panel
> >
> >I bought one here:
> >
> >http://www.americanvan.com/catalog/standard_large.cfm?FamilyID=235
> >
> >
> >Chris
> >'87 Tiico Westy
>
>
> --peace--
>     stu
>