solar psp charger

[slash769]

im thinking on building a solar psp charger. not attached to the psp just in a box or something with the wire hangin out so you can put it where you want..
so when you psp runs out of battery in the car or outside or where ever theres sun.. u put it in the sun and charge your psp. idk just an idea i came up with... and dont tell me to use the search

[gr8npwrfl]

I don't think I saw an article on that here.

BUT I did see it on another site. LOL

[Sanctus]

im thinking on building a solar psp charger. not attached to the psp just in a box or something with the wire hangin out so you can put it where you want..
so when you psp runs out of battery in the car or outside or where ever theres sun.. u put it in the sun and charge your psp. idk just an idea i came up with... and dont tell me to use the search

Lol yea its a nice idea. But its already been done. I saw my friend using it. You have your solar powered charger and you plug it in to the usb port. It was made for phones originally I think, but any product with a mini usb port effectively could use it. Its an official product too. I assume it would be easy to make built in as well. but idk. 

[Ch4rL13]

i think Vox did this
he took severly of those solar panels out of those cheap lights and he wired em all together, it didnt charge to well but it worked and has been done

[rceckspurt13]

Ther are vids on youtube for this. Just type in "solar USB charger" without the quotes. Good idea though. I wanted to make one but I don't have the money to go buy solar lamps if I'm just gonna ruin em anyway. LOL

[Slim Hacker]

apple has patents for solar panels behind the screen so it charges when in bright light 

[GhoSt]

i think Vox did this
he took severly of those solar panels out of those cheap lights and he wired em all together, it didnt charge to well but it worked and has been done

Gah that was me, not VoX. I can't be bothered fishing up the original post I made but heres my vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Qgx1Rss6U

Ther are vids on youtube for this. Just type in "solar USB charger" without the quotes. Good idea though. I wanted to make one but I don't have the money to go buy solar lamps if I'm just gonna ruin em anyway. LOL

technically you are not ruining them... but improving them lol :P. Btw they were cheap I got them, 10 of them for $14 bucks US (and that would make 2 panels, or 1 with another wired in paralell to half the time it takes to charge the battery pack.

[Ch4rL13]

Gah that was me, not VoX. I can't be bothered fishing up the original post I made but heres my vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Qgx1Rss6U

technically you are not ruining them... but improving them lol :P. Btw they were cheap I got them, 10 of them for $14 bucks US (and that would make 2 panels, or 1 with another wired in paralell to half the time it takes to charge the battery pack.

LMAO
sorry ghost, i knew it was a art team member lol

[Slim Hacker]

wherd u get 10 $14     

[GhoSt]

wherd u get 10 $14     

lol it was a deal, btw they cost me 20 but I live in NZ so I converted it to US

[Slim Hacker]

was it a store or a website

[Ch4rL13]

probably a store, u could go online and look it up on google..

[gr8npwrfl]

If you want to be way on the edge of leading bleeding edge.

Here is a tutorial on how to MAKE your own solar cells you can do at home.

http://www.thesolarplan.com/articles/your-own-solar-panel-collector.html

[rceckspurt13]

that's cool but it says in the article that it won't be good for charging batteries or running lights. You would need an awful lot ofthese to charge a psp.  It would probably be easier and cheaper to buy solar garden lamps. You could also buy just solar pannels too.

[gr8npwrfl]

There are cheap places on the net to buy small cells and then you can series and parallel them together to get the voltage and current you need.

Here is a source for solar cells and panels:

http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionFS.html

[Tri-edge]

here's something with your exact idea in mind
http://www.instructables.com/id/PSP-portable-Power/

[Blazinkaos]

i think Vox did this
he took severly of those solar panels out of those cheap lights and he wired em all together, it didnt charge to well but it worked and has been done

yea i think so i think it was Vox it was someone cuz there is a video out there of it...i seen it..