RussellMc wrote:
> The great problem here is that they don't know what they are doing AND they
> don't know ghat they don't know. It doesn't work like they were told it
> should but they are selling it instead of fixing it.
>
>   
It's the sort of toy sold in our "Everything is 2 Euro" bargain stores
> Put all the PV material in a separate single sheet on a plug in short wire
> and mount it n=-kn a roof or pile and it will work much much much
> better.And, still look like a lightbulb.
>   
Yes, I was thinking that.
*  separate panel (s) 
* wire
* Light(s) and/or mobile phone charger. The Mobile Phone charger perhaps 
more important than LED light if you using Mobile network to deliver 
information, education, micro-banking etc.
* timer? battery? movement sensor
* resettable trip rather than fuses (Electronic or mechanical)?

I was wondering  about  cables, plugs.

Human proof, cheap, durable etc and insect/animal proof, easy to repair

A Mauritius broadcast engineer told me an OB camera didn't work. The 
plug came of cable and it full of maggots or grubs. Rodents also will 
eat cable insulation. They seem to like bright yellow audio cable 
insulation best.

Connectors that are cheap, immune to wet, reverse connection proof.




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