I'm looking for a video or plans on converting the Songbird magnet over to battery or solar. I thought I saw on this forum that someone had done that and stated the information was on the website. I'm not finding any information on how this is done. Please, if someone could please point me in the right direction I'd be ever so grateful.
Thank you.
Converting Songbird Magnet to Solar
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Hello!
If you're willing to spend a bit of money, there is the option of buying a solar panel like this one: (https://www.amazon.com/MARBERO-Powered- ... B0DFGYWPDQ). (Not trying to promote a product!) According to some math I did a while back, I found that with 2 hours of sunlight, the 18W, 110V solar panel will be able to run the 12V, 1.8W caller for 20 hours. (I found the songbird magnet wattage and voltage here: https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/bird ... actant-sbm) So for a 24 hour usage, it would use 43.2W per day. If you wanted to go the battery option, you would probably want to use a 12V, 30Ah battery. It would have to be rechargeable because it would only run for around 200 hours (8.3 days) before running out. You would probably have to do some wiring somehow to connect it to the songbird magnet.
Otherwise, maybe you could find some way of connecting a cheaper solar panel into the songbird magnet if you don't intend to spend a lot of money. Just throwing out ideas here.
Anyhow, best of luck in this whole thing!
If you're willing to spend a bit of money, there is the option of buying a solar panel like this one: (https://www.amazon.com/MARBERO-Powered- ... B0DFGYWPDQ). (Not trying to promote a product!) According to some math I did a while back, I found that with 2 hours of sunlight, the 18W, 110V solar panel will be able to run the 12V, 1.8W caller for 20 hours. (I found the songbird magnet wattage and voltage here: https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/bird ... actant-sbm) So for a 24 hour usage, it would use 43.2W per day. If you wanted to go the battery option, you would probably want to use a 12V, 30Ah battery. It would have to be rechargeable because it would only run for around 200 hours (8.3 days) before running out. You would probably have to do some wiring somehow to connect it to the songbird magnet.
Otherwise, maybe you could find some way of connecting a cheaper solar panel into the songbird magnet if you don't intend to spend a lot of money. Just throwing out ideas here.
Anyhow, best of luck in this whole thing!
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will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
-Isaiah 40:31