How To Make Your Own Solar Panel Phone Charger

How to build a solar powered usb charger for phones and other small devices.

How to make your own solar panel phone charger.

Strip the wire insulation to expose the red positive and black or white negative wires. You can check here for the full diy steps. How to build a solar powered electronic circuit. Cut the end off the usb cable that plugs into the computer or wall outlet adapter.

Plug the usb hub to the power bank s output. Go somewhere sunny florida is nice and charge it up. Radio shack solar panels come wired. Netia mccray part two in a two part series.

Tuck the main wire into the case and close. Wouldn t it be really cool if you can charge your mobile phones battery using the sun instead of a usb charger. On the back of the solar panels cover the two brass rivets with double sided tape so they don t make contact with the altoids tin tape the two solar panels on the inside lid of the tin. Set up the power bank and attach the solar panel s charging cable to the power bank s charge input.

You can also use this project as a diy portable power bank.