At a minimum to charge a 12 volt car battery using a solar panel in a simple
system, it should have 16 volts or better, with no load, after the blocking
diode.

tom

> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, karen davis wrote:
>
> How does one tell whether this VW solar battery charger is really working?
> I heard that non vw models have a red light that comes on so you can tell.
> Any suggestions or do I just assume it's working?  Thanks

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
85 Westphalia GL Albert
96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
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