I can’t find this kit anywhere. Can you someone supply link or link to an alternative that will work with the Electron. Cheers…

Yeah I was reading somewhere in the community forum that ultimately the Solar Shield Kit was discontinued due to a lack of interest. This kind of surprised me though as I am certain many folks actually want there Electrons to live outside and away from the USB cable. No as a little tip from persona…

[image] callen: But you will still need to also connect the little LiPo that came with the Electron as the firmware seems to require it. The reason for the rule of thumb to add the LiPo are the peaking current demands of the cellular modem which might be too steep for "normal" power sources. …

[image] callen: ControlEverything.com Cool thanks, I'll check it out...

I have seen a few people asking about the solar kits, I will let my team know there is some interest around bringing the Solar Kit back.

[image] ScruffR: But if your source can cope with that and will respond quick So if I am only using a 12v Battery (7AH) to power that little Control Everything Relay board it could possibly work sans lipo as the max current discharge rate is 21 amps for up to 7 minutes. But there is a possibl…

[image] callen: the max current discharge rate is 21 amps for up to 7 minutes. The limiting factor here is not the max current available but the response time for spiking demands to be dealt with. With this battery I think it's the chemistry that sets the limt. LiPos are fast in delivering t…

Ha @ScruffR indeed. Plus I was just told that the control everything board’s on board regulator only peaks at 1 amp but it’s shared between the other circuits and the I2C systems.

How safe is that lipo inside an enclosure on a hot summer day?

LiPo batteries can get very hot or cold and be just fine, so long as you are not charging them or discharging them too much. A hot battery is not necessarily a happy battery, but I believe, at least for LiPos, the “explosion” events are because of heat generated by a short in the battery, not simpl…

The Electron has a built in solar charging chip that works just fine especially with 6v solar panels.

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Lots of good data on how to maxamize solar harvest in this thread.

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