Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Solar panel lipo charger


The nice looking specification:
5.5V @ 500mA
Autocut overcharge/discharge of 2200mAh single cell lipo.

The unit can be charged also with a 5V source from a USB (some computer cannot deliver sufficient power)

Open the unit and found the stock lipo inside was crappy, and likely to be a used lipo . Testing and found the lipo only hold 10 % of the original capacity, and only hold voltage ~4.0V (should be 4.2V) with a lipo charger.

Reinstall with some better quality lipo and upgraded to 4400mAh.