7 points 3 years ago.
Cataclysm solar panel not charging.
At this rate you d have to leave a car charging for days in good weather if you want to go any kind of long distance.
Find one on ebay or whatever look for solar panel blocking diode and put it between the solar panel and the battery.
It takes around 12 solar panels on a car to make it charge at a noticeable rate and at least 4 to outpace even a minifridge s passive draw.
Nothing more needed except to turn on the charging station by operating the electronics and drop your rechargeable batteries into the basket.
Turns out they actually give just 50 epower for regular panels 100 for upgraded and 300 for quantum.
Electric cars early on are almost difficult to use because when you drive from one town to another it ll take several days for the power to come back.
6 points 3 years ago.
You should measure the current from the panel to the battery.
The wiki states that normal solar panels give 111 epower.
You will at least get some charging from the panel.
Solar panels are incredibly slow to charge.
So if your solar panel on the ambulance is charging a non draining battery it will operate the charging station without the need to run the engine.
Solar panels don t charge during thunder or rainstorms.