# Electron Solar Setup with Voltaic System

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/electron-solar-setup-with-voltaic-system/27026>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [November 5, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/electron-solar-setup-with-voltaic-system/27026 "2016-11-05T01:41:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![wontony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@wontony](https://community.particle.io/u/wontony)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/electron-solar-setup-with-voltaic-system/27026/1 "2016-11-05T01:41:48Z")

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After reading the following blog:

> **[Build Solar Powered & Connected Devices With Particle | Voltaic Solar Blog](http://www.voltaicsystems.com/blog/building-solar-powered-cloud-connected-devices/)**
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> Hi there folks, In this post, I’m going to talk about building a simple solar powered cloud-connected weather station using the Particle Electron. I’ll also discuss the tradeoffs between the different power saving modes the Electron offers and how to...

I have placed an order for a Voltaic 6W solar panel and a Voltaic V15 battery with bypass. Has anyone had an experience with this setup? I do prefer the simplicity and the by-pass capability of the battery. Any comments? Thanks

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**Author:** ![callen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/callen/32/7755_2.png) [@callen](https://community.particle.io/u/callen)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/electron-solar-setup-with-voltaic-system/27026/2 "2016-11-05T03:00:53Z")

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I was doing something very similar. I had a medium sized panel from voltaic. The folks at adafruit sell a solar charge control. They advised me to have the Electron and battery on the same side. In other words not use the load side. This way the battery can provide the amps when needed.