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Sunforce 50012 1.8-Watt Solar Battery Maintainer | 
| Brand: Sunforce
Category: Automotive Parts and Accessories
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $19.99
as of 11/20/2009 21:57 CST details
You Save: $10.00 (33%)
New (5) Used (3) from $18.99
Seller: Target.com/ITC
Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 220
Media: Misc.
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 19 x 6 x 1.3
MPN: 50012
Model: 50012
UPC: 834319000631
EAN: 0834319000631
ASIN: B0006JO0KG
Release Date: November 25, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 1.8-watt solar charger plugs into your vehicle's 12-volt lighter socket | | • | Works with automobile, all terrain vehicle (ATV), personal water craft (PWC), and boat batteries | | • | Made of durable ABS plastic and amorphous solar cells | | • | Includes alligator clips for direct connection to a battery | | • | Measures 6.5 x 1.25 x 18 inches (WxHxD) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Sunforce 50012 1.8-Watt Solar Battery Maintainer gives you another reason to love the sun--it can help keep your vehicle's battery charged. It provides up to 1.8-Watts or 125mA of power to prevent the natural voltage drain of batteries over time. It includes both a lighter socket adapter and alligator clips to give you flexible connection options.
 The Sunforce 1.8-Watt Solar Battery Maintainer is compact and easy to install. | Convenient Power That Helps Keep Your Batteries Charged
The Sunforce 50012 1.8-Watt Solar Battery Maintainer lets you harness the power of the sun, the most powerful and plentiful source of energy available to us. Unlike nuclear and fossil fuels, solar power is clean and pollution-free, and the equipment requires very little maintenance to operate.
This battery maintainer is designed to stave off the natural voltage drain that 12-Volt batteries undergo over time. It can also maintain the charge of a 12-Volt battery while it is providing energy to small electronics like cell phone chargers. The Sunforce 50012 1.8-Watt Solar Battery Maintainer is constructed with durable ABS plastic and features amorphous solar cells. This unit also includes suction cups for easy in-car installation. Since it is designed for use inside of a vehicle, it is not weatherproof and should be kept dry. This battery maintainer is an ideal choice for automobiles, recreational vehicles, and more.
 Sunforce Solar Panels are effective in areas of both high and lower
sun exposure, making them ideal for use in the United States.
View Larger | About Amorphous Solar Power
Amorphous solar panels are created by spraying silicon on to glass in very thin layers, and are commonly known as thin film solar panels. This process allows them to be better at generating electricity in all lighting conditions, including cloudy or shady environments. They have a maximum operating temperature range of -40 to 176-degrees Fahrenheit, require virtually no maintenance, and are also effective on cloudy days.
Solar cells convert sunlight into an electric current; they do not actually store power. The Sunforce 50012 1.8-Watt Solar Battery Maintainer is designed to maintain an existing battery charge, and not to fully recharge a battery. It can remain connected to a vehicle battery at all times and will not adversely affect its operation or electrical components. Unless the battery maintainer is permanently mounted, you should remove and store it to prevent physical harm while the vehicle is in motion.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 51
 Solar Battery Maintainer November 10, 2009
Victor Anderson (albuquerque,nm)
Hooked it directly to battery.Don't know if it works,haven't had no problem.Recommend this item to others.Very useful.easy to install and works.
Sunforce Solar November 8, 2009
Western Carolina (Mills River, NC)
Item was exactly as described and shipped quickly. Connected to my RV and the battery drain stopped. This is a float charge and is not intended to restore dead batteries.
Does just what it's supposed to do. November 1, 2009
David M. Kulp (Bethlehem, PA)
This battery maintainer keeps the battery of seldom used equipment fully charged for a strong starting event for my difficult to start diesel engine.
 Works Great, saves money, but suction cups could be better October 11, 2009
Michael J. Ditto (Denver, CO)
I bought a scooter, and as a result of not driving my car as much, its security system drained the battery. This solar trickle charger was all that was needed to make it start right up even if it sat for a couple of weeks. My only complaint is that the suction cups don't want to stick very well given the curvature of the window glass. It could use more suction cups or bigger or softer ones. Or a different attachment strategy altogether. I made hangars out of some thin, stiff wire to hook over the top edge of the window and roll it up. Works great and doesn't fall off whenever the temperature changes like the suction cups did.
Car batteries are not designed to be deep discharged. One deep discharge in cold weather can destroy a brand new battery. This will not only save me inconvenience, but money.
saved my battery! works perfectly for me October 1, 2009
Anonymous (Plotting)
I saw "some" bad reviews for this product..but none the less i decided to give it a shot because i really needed a solution to my classic car's battery dying form sitting all the time and never being driven.
it usually has trouble starting if i dont drive it for 2 weeks...
i bought this unit, installed it, and then after 2 weeks i went on vacation for another 2..
i was amazed that when i got back and tried to start the the ole 76, it fired up INSTANTLY. the battery was blazing!...
this has solved my problem i recommend this product because it worked for me. despite the neg reviews here on amazon, i have to say that for the cheap price of the unit, ..its worth taking the chance, and i would buy another
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