[Shop-talk] Solar-powered battery charger for generator?

[pethier at comcast.net]

It may be easlier to install equipment to use the power line to bring power to the shed until  the generator is needed.

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com>
> Hello,
> 
> My parents have a backup generator for their house. 
> Unfortunately any time they want to use it, the
> starter battery is dead, and they're not up to
> pull-starting it.  My first thought was to get an
> ordinary battery maintainer and hook it up, but
> unfortunately the generator is in a garden shed, and
> there is no power feed to the shed, only the generator
> output line from the shed to the house.
> 
> It seems like a solar-powered battery maintainer would
> do the trick, but I need to find one that has a solar
> panel that can be mounted on the shed roof, and has a
> charge-controller circuit that will keep the battery
> in good condition for months at a time.
> 
> I have seen the type of solar charger that you put on
> your car's dashboard and plug into the cigarette
> lighter, but I really need something better.
> 
> Any suggestions on where to look?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug
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