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Thomas C Lewis
Jul 17, 2019

Integrating solar panels with batteries to AudioMoth

Hi,


I am interested to add solar panels to my AudioMoths but also retain batteries so that in low light conditions it won't lose power and then in theory it can be deployed until the SD card is full. I know from other posts that a solar panel can simply to plugged into the USB, will this over-ride the power source from the batteries? If there is no power coming from the solar panels can the AudioMoth then use the batteries?


Ideally I see a solution where the batteries are being charged by the solar panel and the AudioMoth is being charged by the batteries rather than the solar panel. Has anyone tried to do this? Or does anyone have any suggestions as to how to do this?


Cheers


Tom

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