[ELECTRON] PHP - question. . . webcam script...again(ish)

[Clive Mitchell]

Ah.  Solar power in Glasgow.  Despite what the solar panel suppliers
say, you don't get much usable power on an overcast day.  One year
while putting up the Christmas Lights on George Square i took a load
of small panels in and measured their current output standing in an
open area of the Square.  It was virtually nothing.

It makes me wonder whether any of those solar powered parking ticket
machines actually generate enough power to issue tickets or if they
need to be fitted with a fully charged battery when the cash is
collected.  (Especially the ones that have their panels pointed
directly into a wall or overhead canopy.)

On 22 April 2010 09:34, Ben Rush <orionrush at gmail.com> wrote:
> Feed? Its powered by 12v lead acid batteries if that's what your asking so
> not permanent. We were going to top these up with a solar trickle charger
> but costs were spiralling. Still something I'd like to do, but so far the
> batteries hold well for 5 or so days. We've been going out there fairly
> often to tweak things at this point. Ben Dembroski is going to write up some
> how-to bits as soon as things calm down. Stay tuned. . .



-- 
Clive Mitchell.

http://www.bigclive.com