Great to hear! Our post hurricane clouds aren't supposed to clear until the weekend.
In terms of the XO-1, Adam told me emphatically when I bought mine that it doesn't support the XO-1. I'm sure Richard Smith can elaborate if he has time. Did you know there is a very low traffic, high value list for solar and power? http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Power Mike On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > > I have some solar panel questions. Today I started doing some testing of > the solar panel I bought from Adam at the SF Summit. I have access to an > XO, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 so I wanted to test the performance will all 3 > models. I started by leaving them unplugged and running all night to run > the batteries down. That didn't work too well. They shut themselves down > with power remaining. > > > This morning, after the fog burned off I put the XO-1.75, which I thought > had a drained battery, and the panel outside in very bright sunlight. It > was fully charged within an hour. I suspect that it still had some charge > left when I started, so I will have to test it again. > > > Then I took the battery out and tried to run it with just the solar panel > and no battery. I pressed the on button… it started to boot, but quit after > the second chime. Wouldn't go beyond that. > > > I had planned to take the XO-1.5 out next, but noticed it still had some > charge so I left it for another day. > > > Finally, I went to the XO. Its battery was definitely fully discharged and > the charging light was flashing red and yellow when I tried to turn it on. > I took it outside to the panel and pluged it in. I got a high pitched > whining sound. Unplugged it and tried again, Same thing. Could get it to > begin the start up, but didn't want to risk damaging the machine, so I > decided to wait for advice from you folks. > > > Any suggestions for: > > > > 1) Why the XO-1.75 would not even complete the start up using the solar > panel with the battery out? > > > 2) What the high pitched whine on the XO could be when I tried to charge > it and whether it indicates a malfunction that could damage the machine? > > > Thanks for reading. I look forward to your comments and suggestions. > > > Caryl > > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > >
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