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ProjectSolar
Hi,
I hope you can help me as I know nothing about electronics and really need some help as I work in a customer service department for a huge company and had an idea that will be really good for a product that I would like to suggest to my company to start producing.
I think if I can pull this off it they will be purchasing these in the 100,000's.
My query. .
I need to find 2 solar panels that will be able to provide the following power (for 2 separate products they do). My idea is that the product I have thought of will run off of the mains but I want to try to reduce the amount of mains power used as much as possible.
The tech guy at work has test the product that they currently sell to find out how much power the currently consume and has provided me with the following.
The basic power consumption of the PRODUCT A is about 350mA @ 12V which is 4.2W. This increases with about 10mA for each EXTRA DEVICE ATTACHED in use, so the maximum is about 400mA or 4.8W. If you want to play save, take 450mA or 5.4W as basic power needed.
The PRODUCT B needs a bit more: 420mA @ 15V which is 6.3W. Again it increases with about 10 mA for each EXTRA DEVICE ATTACHED in use, so the maximum is about 460mA or 6.9W. Playing safe, take 500mA or 7.5W as basic figure.
I have looked around for these on major suppliers (i.e China etc) but have not found any.
They have two vertical sides each that can be used (if needed) and need to be around 120mm x 60mm; they can be slightly larger this would be just a rough guide.
Can anyone please point me in the right direction or let me know if this is possible as I really want to suggest this to my company as it would look great on my yearly review and as I am still in a probationary period may even secure me a job with this company I enjoy working with so much.
Thank you
I hope you can help me as I know nothing about electronics and really need some help as I work in a customer service department for a huge company and had an idea that will be really good for a product that I would like to suggest to my company to start producing.
I think if I can pull this off it they will be purchasing these in the 100,000's.
My query. .
I need to find 2 solar panels that will be able to provide the following power (for 2 separate products they do). My idea is that the product I have thought of will run off of the mains but I want to try to reduce the amount of mains power used as much as possible.
The tech guy at work has test the product that they currently sell to find out how much power the currently consume and has provided me with the following.
The basic power consumption of the PRODUCT A is about 350mA @ 12V which is 4.2W. This increases with about 10mA for each EXTRA DEVICE ATTACHED in use, so the maximum is about 400mA or 4.8W. If you want to play save, take 450mA or 5.4W as basic power needed.
The PRODUCT B needs a bit more: 420mA @ 15V which is 6.3W. Again it increases with about 10 mA for each EXTRA DEVICE ATTACHED in use, so the maximum is about 460mA or 6.9W. Playing safe, take 500mA or 7.5W as basic figure.
I have looked around for these on major suppliers (i.e China etc) but have not found any.
They have two vertical sides each that can be used (if needed) and need to be around 120mm x 60mm; they can be slightly larger this would be just a rough guide.
Can anyone please point me in the right direction or let me know if this is possible as I really want to suggest this to my company as it would look great on my yearly review and as I am still in a probationary period may even secure me a job with this company I enjoy working with so much.
Thank you
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