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"Micah J. Mabelitini" <micahx@kih.net> wrote in message
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> Lawrence Wilkes wrote:
> >
> > Great model.
> >
> > Would the solar cell power an RCX unit?
> >
> > I built a large model of the Mars Rover using an RCX and adding a Solar
> > Panel would be great
> > http://www.wilkesworld.co.uk/lego/marsrover.htm
> >
> > regards
> > lawrence
>
> I couldn't possibly imagine a single solar cell powering an RCX. Maybe
> an array of ten? The solar cell barely has the juice to drive the 5225
> motor, and that's both under direct sunlight and under a 2 million
> candlepower spotlight at 6 inches. To fully power an RCX, three output
> ports at max and powered sensors, it would definitely take a whole
> battery (no pun intended) of solar cells. The next time the sun comes
> out here (grin) I'll take some output measurements with my voltmeter and
> post some observed specs for the solar cell.
Well I guess that would make my model even more like the real thing.
i.e. covered in solar cells
regards
lawrence
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