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Sunforce 82883 Solar "AA" Battery Charger |  | Brand: Sunforce
Category: Automotive Parts and Accessories
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $18.90
as of 3/20/2010 00:50 CDT details
You Save: $1.09 (5%)
Seller: solarwholesales
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 34685
Color: Black/grey
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 6 x 3 x 2
MPN: 82883
Model: 82883
UPC: 787769828839
EAN: 0787769828839
ASIN: B000MSCKKS
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Solar powered | | • | Charges 1-4 batteries at once | | • | Meter shaows battery charge and output | | • | Blocking diode | | • | Panel can be angled to maximize solar power |
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Product Description
Keep your batteries charged when you are hiking, camping or boating. Charges up to four at once.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Poor design heats up the batteries September 4, 2009
AKO California (Los Angeles)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought one of these several years ago and am surprised these are still made.
As someone has already mentioned, this unit doesn't provide a lot of power. You're really looking at weeks to completely charge a set of batteries and that's if you have a place that gets sun most of the day. Having it inside a window causes a pretty significant drop in amps, but leaving it outside for weeks isn't a great alternative either. Obviously partial charges and top ups may work for some people, but for most this is just not efficient enough.
But another big problem with this unit is the batteries are in a closed plastic case in the sun. Heat degrades rechargable batteries and I doubt any manufacturer would recommend it for such an extended period as this solar charger requires. I don't feel comfortable with how hot they get as it probably shortens the battery lifespan. There's a platicky smell when it heats up. There really should be an air gap and a more open case that allows excess heat to be carried away.
With two big flaws, I think people should apply their money toward a better charger, even if more expensive.
 Sunforce 82883 Solar AA Battery Charger February 19, 2008
Guy Fanguy (USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R314D8GAD0N1W2 Sunforce 82883 Solar AA Battery Charger Review.
Works well. Does not work well when on dashboard of car because of UV protection of the windsheild. Direct Sun 160 mA, when on dashboard brought it down to 40 mA.
Very pleased with the item
A last resort October 20, 2007
D. M. Harman
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
Only way this unit would be worth anything is as a last resort. Even in full sun it rarely generates more then 120 mA and 80 mA is probably the average and the slightest wisp of cloud drops it to near zero. With todays 2000-2750 mAH rechargeable batteries this unit would take 125 hours to charge 4 2500 mAH batteries. Assuming 6 hours of "full" sun a day at 80 mA it would take almost 21 days to charge those four batteries. Real world would be more likely a month.
Like I said, maybe if it was all I had, but there are better places to spend your money.
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