Great to hear! Our post hurricane clouds aren't supposed to clear until the weekend.<div><br></div><div>In terms of the XO-1, Adam told me emphatically when I bought mine that it doesn't support the XO-1.</div><div>
<br></div><div>I'm sure Richard Smith can elaborate if he has time.</div><div><br></div><div>Did you know there is a very low traffic, high value list for solar and power?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Power">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Power</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Caryl Bigenho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com" target="_blank">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">Hi Folks,</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">I have some solar panel questions. Today I started doing some testing of the solar panel I bought from Adam at the SF Summit. I have access to an XO, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 so I wanted to test the performance will all 3 models. I started by leaving them unplugged and running all night to run the batteries down. That didn't work too well. They shut themselves down with power remaining.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">This morning, after the fog burned off I put the XO-1.75, which I thought had a drained battery, and the panel outside in very bright sunlight. It was fully charged within an hour. I suspect that it still had some charge left when I started, so I will have to test it again.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">Then I took the battery out and tried to run it with just the solar panel and no battery. I pressed the on button… it started to boot, but quit after the second chime. Wouldn't go beyond that.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">I had planned to take the XO-1.5 out next, but noticed it still had some charge so I left it for another day.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">Finally, I went to the XO. Its battery was definitely fully discharged and the charging light was flashing red and yellow when I tried to turn it on. I took it outside to the panel and pluged it in. I got a high pitched whining sound. Unplugged it and tried again, Same thing. Could get it to begin the start up, but didn't want to risk damaging the machine, so I decided to wait for advice from you folks.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">Any suggestions for:</font></p><p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana"> </font></p>
<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">1) Why the XO-1.75 would not even complete the start up using the solar panel with the battery out? </font></p>
<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana"><br></font></p><p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">2) What the high pitched whine on the XO could be when I tried to charge it and whether it indicates a malfunction that could damage the machine?</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">Thanks for reading. I look forward to your comments and suggestions.</font></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<p style="font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana">Caryl</font></p> </font></span></div></div>
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