Oga dishtech, your second option is the best for him. Those 6v panels don't have enough current in them, and if he chooses the third, excess power will be lost when the sun shines well, and there may not be enough current when the cloud cover the sun, so you need a battery, no matter the capacity to balance that. I bought some DC to DC chargers on AliExpress, it allows me to charge early in the morning or when the weather is poor without switching on my inverter. You can find those with USB 3.0

Dishtech:

It's either you are going to use
1. 6volt solar panels or
2. Solar panel --charger controller --battery---12v/5v charger----powerbank or
3. Solar panels---- buck converter----- power bank.
I hope the power bank is a 5v power bank?

Thank you boss.

GeorgeD1:


brother,
i really sympathize with you. believe me, i've been there too. years back i had to do menial jobs just to survive.
me sef i been do 'lebra' work for ajao estate and surrounding areas that year. real, hard jobs with concrete mixing.
so, i know how it feels and i can relate.
that said, the internet is an anonymous place and sometimes it can be very challenging knowing everyone's personal stories.
i can only hope and pray for you that fortune will smile on you once again and your story will change for good.
keep shinning and best of luck!

You're very right sir, Coming from about 3 years of no job, getting the little I got took me some time. Sir you know what an 80w panel can put out, especially at this time, even with tracking the sun with it. Most androids these days require 20w and above to charge, plus losses. The pain of having to return phones uncharged brought me here, knowing what effect that would have later apart from losing money now. I'm sorry I shouldn't be saying this, I did some hard jobs, the type I didn't do in my 30s or 40s, to raise money for the little I have. I was forced to start now because I developed back pain. I could've easily bought 'I pass my neighbour' with change left with what I had, but I choose this path. Thank you for your response sir.

GeorgeD1:


brother,
its great news that you have been able to learn a couple of things from this thread. i'm sure there are many others
too who have benefited a thing or two like you. the solar thread is a great place to be even for those of us who have
been in the renewables journey for years now.
as for 'ogas here who may have 1 or 2 panels around that are not in use' the possibility of finding one is difficult if not
remote. reason being that solar panels are not like spare tires that you remove and keep in store waiting for when you
will need them. chances are that anyone with such panels here have either found other uses for them or sold them off.
so, i will rather advise you to save some money and buy more panels now that you have tasted the goodness.
abi, no be business u wan take am do? or are u charging the phones for free?

PLEASE HELP!.

I just set up a phone and other devices charging shop using solar energy, thanks to this group for opening my eyes to renewable energy. I new nothing about this but now I'm able to set mine up myself.

I was only able to buy a 80w panel with a 40ah battery. I just found out those are not enough especially in this raining season. So I'm soliciting for help from any of our ogas here who may have 1 or 2 panels around that are not in use. I thank you all for this wonderful classroom.