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Does anyone know of a way to make a solar (no battery) meshtastic node? (piefed.social)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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Ive had a number of these devices. And the number 1 thing that fails is the battery. It might also be where I am at. We have 110+F days that cause spicy pillows or failures after a year or so.

So I was wondering, is there a way to make a "daytime only" node that turns on where theres enough sunlight to power the thing, and then turns off where there is not enough sunlight?

I figure I could just get a 5V solar panel and hook it up directly to one of the nodes. I'm just nervous that it will under voltage the device over the long run if that makes sense.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Out of curiosity, what about a supercapacitor? Since it doesn't store energy chemically, it might work better and not become a spicy pillow.