Tap in to Solar

The major encumbrance of communication lines comes because of the manipulation of

electrical lines or lack of generation of electricity. To set back such burden, we need a renewable
energy which can function round the clock without any interruption. Solar power bank is one of
its kind. This solar power bank use solar energy or the power of the sun to produce electricity. It
helps in charging the different electrical devices which can be used in communication.
Consequently,turns to be important during disasters and power interruption.The purpose of this
solar power bank can help us to lessen in consuming electricity.
Objectives:
1. To discover the ways how to minimize the usage of electricity.
2. To find ways to lessen the electricity bill.
3. To discover new device that will help everyone to reduce of using electricity.
Question:
1.What is the importance of your product?
2.Is it beneficial?
3.How will you encourage the people to use your product?
The beneficiaries of this solar power bank are those people using power bank or we can
say that everyone can use this solar power bank. And when we using this solar power bank we
can also save our environment because instead of using electricity we can use natural resource.
When we use electricity and electricity created by burning fuels ( coal, natural gas, oil). The
solar power bank will help the beneficiaries to save money and teach them to lessen using
electricity.
Solar power bank are used for providing portable power to chage battery powered items
like mobile phone and other similar items that have a USB interface powerbank come in a variety
of shapes and sizes and to suit many different people and their needs. Power bank are
commonplace and with our increasing use of battery powered equipment everything from mobile
phone to battery powered headphones, portable speakers, MP3 players can be charged via a solar
power bank. They are effectively a portable charger. All they need is a USB charging interface .
The name of solar power can be likered to a financial bank where funds can be deposited, stored
and withdrawn when needed. These items are also often to as portable chargers, as they can charge
items like mobile phones without the need to be connected, and this normally requires a mains
charger.
Solar power bank can be defined as portable batteries that use circuity to control any power
in and power out . They can charged up using a USB charger when power is available, and a host
of otherdevices that would normally use a USB charger. These solar power bankcan use sunlight
to charge up. To do this they have photoroltaic panels. These are really only able to trickle charge
the internal battery when placed in sunlight because the solar cells are relatively small but
nevertheless this can be a very useful function. Solar power does not. It’s pretty easy to determine
the most important benefit that solar battery charges provide. They don’t require external electrical
sources to recharge your batteries. This means that solar battery charges offer freedom of
movement . Solar power bank are most practical solution. Sometimes going off the grid isn’t just
a choice, it’s necessity. Distict from solar charges, solar power bank hold changes.
The main goal was to deliver power from an array of solar power to a li-ion in order to
charge it- to obtain charging efficiency, we set up a maximum powerpointtracking circuit that
would ensure that the greatest amount of power is delivered to the battery. In order to make the
battery charger design presented here more realistic it is necessary to add various protection
methods . In the future, we hope to equip out current design with thermal sensors that will allow
the detection and prevention of overheating once those are in place the most logical progression
of this project would be to transfer he components to solder-able. Circuit board, for compaction
and easier packaging and transport. Last but not the least, we would want to a solar panel package
that can be easily we would want to a solar panel package that can be easily attached and detached
from backpacks, puses and other carry on items to allow users to charge their devices on-to-go
Methodology:

Material

1 Altoids Tin case

2 Mini Solar Panels (3V 20mA each)

1 Solder (3")

1 Small Heat Shrink Tubing (4")

1 Large Heat Shrink Tubing (4")

1 Double Sided Tape (3")

1oz Flux

1 Solder Iron

1 Heat Gun
1 Wire Stripper

1 cell phone charger

First step. Cut Wires &amp Tubing

Take the 2 solar power panels and cut all four wires to about 1" in length. Cut 1/4" of plastic off
of the tip of each wire with the wire stripper so copper wires are exposed. This exposed wire is
called a 'lead.' Cut the small heat shrink tubing into four equal pieces (1" each). Slide the small
heat shrink tubing onto both black wires.

Second step. Solder Solar Panel Leads

Using a toothpick, paint leads with flux on a red wire from one solar panel, and a black wire from
the other solar panel. Put those two leads together, and solder using your piece of solder and the
soldering iron.

Third step. Heat-shrink Tubing

Slide small heat shrink tubing over the leads you just soldered together. Heat the tubing with heat
gun just enough for it to shrink.

Fourth step. Cut Phone Charger Wire

Cut off the wire from your old charger to about 2.5 feet and strip off 2.5" of outer plastic from the
loose end. Cut 1/4" off of each of the inside wires to make leads. Slide the full length of the large
heat shrink tubing onto this main wire for later use in Step 6

Fifth step. Flux, Solder and Heat-shrink Loose Leads

On your main wire, slide a piece of small heat shrink tubing onto the red wire. Flux all loose leads
of main wire as well as the solar panels with the toothpick. Solder red leads from main wire and
solar panels together. Repeat with black wires. Slide heat shrink tubings over these soldered leads
and use heat gun to shrink.

Sixth step. Test Charger

Test the charger by connecting it to a phone under bright light.

Seventh step. Heat-shrink Solar Panel Leads

On your main wire, slide large heat shrink tubing over the two soldered leads which connect to the
solar panels. Use the heat gun to shrink the tubing.

Last step. Tape and Close

On the back of the solar panels, cover the two brass rivets with double-sided tape (so they don't
make contact with the Altoids tin.) Tape the two solar panels on the inside lid of the tin. Tuck the
main wire into the case and close. Go somewhere sunny (Florida is nice) and charge it up!

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