Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01800
To: Jonathan D Rogers chessmaster14@juno.com, Beam List beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Senior kyled@cruzers.com
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 19:16:39 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: 240mA!!!
Hey, I'd say.... Screw That!
There are better deals everywhere!
Check out http://www.allcorp.com
goto their online catalog (Not the PDF
version), and check out the solar cells. Not bad!
Then, there is all sorts of other places, none of which I can
remember... email me if you want them!
Kyle
Jonathan D Rogers wrote:
>
> Whoa! I was browsing through my Mondo-Tronics(The Robot Store) catalog,
> when I saw a Fischertechnik Solar Kit that includes a 3V solar panel with
> a whopping 240mA output! The kit also includes a 10 farad capacitor! WOW!
> The drawback, of course, is the price: $160 for the full kit, $110 for
> the "Solar Add-On", which includes the above panel, capacitor, and a
> motor.
> For those of you who don't know what Fischertechnik is, it is an
> *extremely* high quality construction system. Light years ahead of Legos,
> it was designed for engineers to make fast prototypes...
> MondoTronics sells, to my knowledge, the full FischerTechnik line. They
> ain't cheap, but...
> Has anyone had any experience with this Solar set? It looks like a good
> buy to me. I mean, how much does a 10 farad capacitor cost, anyway? Iv'e
> certainly never seen one...
> And it looks like they have their own solarengine-type setup; it says it
> has a "drive circuit"...
>
> Jonathan
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