Hello,
So in Lebanon apparently the electricity situation is not great, some of my friends who live in remote villages are spending the vast majority of the day without electricity and are bored to death. I was wondering about buying them a 50 watt solar panel with a small inverter(do I need an inverter?) to power their internet router.
Routers are typically 12 volts and 1 amps, so need maybe 12 watts. A 50 watt panel should have enough(hopefully even on a cloudy day but I am not holding my breath) but do I need an inverter if the router needs a continuous current? How do I control the voltage myself in that case? Would it harm the router to be connected to a panel without a battery?(frequent power outage and unstable wattage). Do you think it is generally a good idea to do this?
Thank you.
So in Lebanon apparently the electricity situation is not great, some of my friends who live in remote villages are spending the vast majority of the day without electricity and are bored to death. I was wondering about buying them a 50 watt solar panel with a small inverter(do I need an inverter?) to power their internet router.
Routers are typically 12 volts and 1 amps, so need maybe 12 watts. A 50 watt panel should have enough(hopefully even on a cloudy day but I am not holding my breath) but do I need an inverter if the router needs a continuous current? How do I control the voltage myself in that case? Would it harm the router to be connected to a panel without a battery?(frequent power outage and unstable wattage). Do you think it is generally a good idea to do this?
Thank you.