Hello guys,
So here's the thing, I currently am heading for a 10 days hike. One of the most beautiful in the world (so they say) in the peruvian Andes and I definitely want to be able to film that.
So, I want to be able to charge my mavic batteries on the go with the help of the Sun.
So, if I am correct the maximum charging voltage of a battery is 17.4 volts.
Hence, I need a solar panel delivering around 20 volts and then reduce the voltage with a regulator such a this one :
I'll have to weld a cable going from the solar panel to this little device and then charge my external battery. Because from what I understand from this blog, the Mavic batteries can't be charged by an unstable source such as a solar charger. Therefore, it is necessary to charge first an external battery and then the batteries.
Am I right until now ? So simply weld the regulator to a cable going out of the solar charger, then simply charge my battery with some kind of adaptater. Fly during the day, charge during the night and repeat ?
Data wise, I do not want to change my external battery. So am I correct if I assume according to my battery specs I linked earlier "To recharge this power bank, there’s a DC input port that you have to use an AC adapter with and the recharge rate of the power bank is 19V/1.6A" I need to set the regulator on 19V ?
What about the amperage ? I need to be sure the solar panel has more than 1.6A, right ?
Then what about loss of energy ?
What do you think guys ? Am I right on this ? I am traveling and will only have one shot since it's so expensive shipping anything from the US and I want to be sure I am pretty right about the whole thing.
So here's the thing, I currently am heading for a 10 days hike. One of the most beautiful in the world (so they say) in the peruvian Andes and I definitely want to be able to film that.
So, I want to be able to charge my mavic batteries on the go with the help of the Sun.
So, if I am correct the maximum charging voltage of a battery is 17.4 volts.
Hence, I need a solar panel delivering around 20 volts and then reduce the voltage with a regulator such a this one :
I'll have to weld a cable going from the solar panel to this little device and then charge my external battery. Because from what I understand from this blog, the Mavic batteries can't be charged by an unstable source such as a solar charger. Therefore, it is necessary to charge first an external battery and then the batteries.
Am I right until now ? So simply weld the regulator to a cable going out of the solar charger, then simply charge my battery with some kind of adaptater. Fly during the day, charge during the night and repeat ?
Data wise, I do not want to change my external battery. So am I correct if I assume according to my battery specs I linked earlier "To recharge this power bank, there’s a DC input port that you have to use an AC adapter with and the recharge rate of the power bank is 19V/1.6A" I need to set the regulator on 19V ?
What about the amperage ? I need to be sure the solar panel has more than 1.6A, right ?
Then what about loss of energy ?
What do you think guys ? Am I right on this ? I am traveling and will only have one shot since it's so expensive shipping anything from the US and I want to be sure I am pretty right about the whole thing.