How big of a solar panel will I need to power a R/C car?
I am making a R/C car and would like it to be solar powered can, you give me any tips on how I am going to wire up this thing.
Thanks
Best answer:
Answer by Yoho
Your rc battery should have a amp/hour rating. Find out what that rating is. Charge the battery then run the rc car until it dies.
Then do battery rating/hours run. Then do that number times the volts to get the wattage.That should get you about right. Not taking in account battery performance.
If you buy a cheap multimeter you can hook it in line with the battery and check how many amps are flowing this would be more accurate.
I think you’re goign to find the panel would have to be so large to run the car that it isn’t going to work. Best you could hope for is the use the panel to charge the car. Charge for 2 hour drive for 10 minutes. Wiring it up would depend on the volage of the battery. IF it happens to have a common voltage you can buy the regulator with over charge protection.Then just hook it up easy. If it’s not a common voltage it will be a little harder.
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