solar charger hook-up

[John Cody Forbes]

Think about when you hook up jumper cables or a regular battery charger, it works the same way. Positive to positive, ground to ground. Make sure your lighter socket is actually connected to terminal 30 and not just 15 (try a cell phone charger with the key not in the ignition).

-Cody (mobile)

On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:32 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> I treated myself to a solar battery charger, for the 200 Avant that doesn't
> get used much.
> <http://www.amazon.com/BEST-2-22-Watt-Solar-Panel/dp/B002Z07IJO/ref=sr_1_1>
> 
> The panel came with bare leads.  No problem, I'll just attach a cigarette
> lighter plug to it. But... my electrical knowledge is challenged.
> 
> Do I attach the positive + output of the solar panel to the positive +
> center electrode of the the lighter plug? Or should the + feed the
> negative - side of the plug, to keep the electrons flowing from + to -?
> 
> It seems like a simple question, but it has me flummoxed.
> 
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> 1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
> gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"
> 
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