Anna: April 2008 Archives

A further design is currently being worked on using 50mm PVC piping to hold the rechargeable batteries and LEDs. Further design work is needed- particularly for the design of tools to make production easier and faster.

A bicycle taxi equipped with a solar powered radio!

Other design work involved using a single 0.3 Watt mono crystalline plate housed in a grooved wooden frame that can be attached to the handlebar of a bicycle and used by bicycle taxis to run radios. This latest product application will be tested by a local bicycle taxi.

As well as the design that has already gone into production, a similar one has been conceived for the larger mono crystalline plate. One of the differences being the need to construct the holder for recharging 3 AA rechargeable batteries differently, as this plate is of smaller dimensions than the glass plate. Also, in this design the plate and the back slide out and it also features a basic two-pin socket made with strips of metal for ease of operation. The radio used in this demonstration was adapted with the transformer removed so the radio could operate on DC power. Further work will be necessary to finalise design.