Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03970
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 22:26:15 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: d1 Solar engine question
At 05:21 AM 5/29/1992 , davidperry@mail.geocities.com wrote:
>for my new pentacore snakey type robot, i'm using a d1 solar engine.
>But how will say 3-4 24x33 panels and a 1 farad 2.5 volt goldcap go
>since the panels output more than 2.5 volts?
I've got a few bots that I use the 24x33's on, and "stretch" that 2.5V to
2.9V quite often. Haven't had any problems yet. But why not put in a
voltage trigger of some sort to alleviate over-voltage problems anyway?
-Dave
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