pd@x.co.uk (Paul Davey) (03/19/91)
Following up an earlier posting in sci.electronics The (same) Solar charger (4xAA size) is available for GBP 7.60 from Centre for Alternative Technology Machynlleth Powys SY20 9AZ UK +44 654 702948 CAT will quote for overseas orders on request. They also do a more complex charger for AA, PP3, C and D cells. (estimated 2 days to charge, This *might* be adaptable to run off 12V. Cost GBP 49.95 + P&P I have also located a 12V dc nicad charger. This is available from Wind And Sun The Howe Watlington Oxford OX9 5EX UK +44 49 161 3859 Charges two or four AAA to D size cells, over 14 to 22 hours. It uses current even when not charging. Cost GBP 25.30 + P&P I've sent for details about this charger and will summarize if requested. NOTE: Wind and Sun is a small (one man) operation. CAT is a much larger organisation. Both of these bits of information came from the April edition of Waterways World. (ISSN 0309-1442.) -- Regards, pd@x.co.uk IXI Limited Paul Davey pd@ixi.uucp 62-74 Burleigh St. ...!uunet!ixi!pd Cambridge U.K. "These are interesting times" +44 223 462 131 CB1 1OJ