Portable Solar Chargers
22 Watt & 15 Watt Solar Binders

If you need a portable solar charger for charging laptop, camcorder and other electronic devices and you want something more rugged and durable than flexible or foldable solar cells, our solar binders are a good choice.

22 Watt Folding Solar Binder

Our portable solar binder IP22B consists of a lightweight fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) solar module build into a high quality ballistic nylon notebook sized binder complete with shoulder strap and cigarette lighter receptacle with 10 foot cord which stores in an outside pocket.

You can charge cell phones, PDAs, camcorder or digital camera batteries, laptop computer batteries and more.  When used together with our Power Plant Notebook Battery, which fits inside the binder for carrying and storage, you have 5 amp hours of 12 volt DC power ready to go to work recharging or running your devices.  (See the special offer bottom of this page.)

Unzip the binder, lay it flat in full sun, plug in the car adapter cord and you can use the solar binder to charge your car or truck battery.

Specifications:

• Maximum Power (Pmax): 22.7 watts

• Voltage at Pmax (Vmp): 17.3 volts

• Short circuit current (Isc): 2.20 amps

• Open circuit voltage (Voc): 19.8 volts

• Current Max (IPmax): 1.80 amps

• Cell Type: Multicrystal

• Cell Substrate: Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP)

• Dimensions Closed: 16 x 13 x 3 inches

• Dimensions Opened: 34 x 16 x 1/4 inches

• Weight: 7 pounds

• Power Output Connector: Female Cigarette Lighter Receptacle

15 Watt Folding Solar Binder

The 15 watt portable binder IP15B is a slightly smaller cousin to the 22 watt unit.  The features are identical.

Specifications:

• Maximum Power (Pmax): 15.4 watts

• Voltage at Pmax (Vmp): 17.3 volts

• Short circuit current (Isc): 1.28 amps

• Open circuit voltage (Voc): 19.8 volts

• Current Max (IPmax): 1.17 amps

• Cell Type: Multicrystal

• Cell Substrate: Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP)

• Dimensions Closed: 13-1/2 x 12 x 2 inches

• Dimensions Opened: 24-1/2 x 13-1/2 x 3/4 inches

• Weight: 2.9 pounds

• Power Output Connector: Female Cigarette Lighter Receptacle

Operating Instructions

To power a device or recharge the battery of a device using the 22 or 15 watt Solar Binder, open the outside pocket flap and uncoil the 10 foot cord with female cigarette lighter receptacle.  Pull out as much cord as needed to attach to your device, making sure that the solar binder is in full sun as much as possible. 

Unzip the binder and lay the solar modules as flat as possible.  Plug the male adapter from your device into the Solar Binder receptacle, then plug the other end of the charging cord into your device.

Depending on the time of day, time of year and the amount of full sun available, the solar module will begin to recharge the battery on your device.  The amount of charge varies with the available sunlight.  It will take from several hours to a full day of sun to recharge the batteries in most devices, and, in some cases, it could take more than one day.

You can generally run your device (i.e cell phone) while plugged into the Solar Binder, recharging the battery and using the device at the same time.  Depending on the load of the device you may be putting in less energy to the battery than you are using, so be alert to the battery status of your device.

Please contact us today for more information or assistance with your applications.