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> >Anyone using a solar panel to maintain a battery? Or to even charge a > >battery? The diode is needed to stop the battery running the solar cells the wrong way round at night! I've one a bit like the one on E-Bay, but it didn't seem to make a lot of difference to my laid-up camper battery - not sure why, though light levels do affect the output a lot. My solar powered garden path lights are giving a glow for only about one hour of night now - in the summer they were going for 2 or 3 hours. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~