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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
A reader would need to be designed to work well with a photovoltaic panel. For one thing, the existing battery is too large. What would be needed is a unit that would use minimal power and still be readable (LCD displays of any kind consume too much). The battery would have to be sized only to be big enough to act as a buffer if the light should momentarily be dimmed. Anything more would hog too much power.
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Um, momentarily dimmed like at night? It is dark 14+ hours a day in winter in my part of the world. Or on a plane, in a building, ...