use of solar powered chargers for iphone
I live in a hurricane zone and in prep for power outages i want to have a solar powered charger for our iPhones. Do I need to consider anything special for these devices?
iPhone 15, iOS 26
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Usual approach for many here is a confusingly-named “solar generator”, which is a big battery and power inverter, not a generator, and is only solar-powered when solar array panels are added and configured.
You’ll need to determine how much output wattage is required in aggregate, and how much reserve capacity is required, as well as how fast you want to recharge the battery using either solar panels (slow) or (if you can find it, such as from a gasoline or diesel generator) grid power (faster).
If you only want to recharge iPhone or iPad, your power draw requirements will be quite small. If you want to add additional draw such as recharging battery-powered power tools, or maybe a very small refrigerator, or whatever, you’ll need rather more capacity.
You’ll want to assume the vendor specifications for the battery and particularly for the solar panel power output wattage are optimistic. And in places with hurricanes, clouds can happen, too.
Various of these “generators” will have USB-A and USB-C connections, in addition to the usual 110V Type A, 220V, or whatever the local power plug connection might be.
As for an iPhone, a USB-A or USB-C connection is a connection. As Rudegar correctly states.
