Although I've done some basic electronics, I'm extremely new to designing and planning out circuits and was hoping to get some help. My goal is to power a single LED chip (~100W) with a battery that constantly charges off of a mini solar panel. The light would be controlled with a dimmer dial, and charging speed isn't a huge concern because the light would only be used once in a blue moon for an hour or so at most. I need help figuring out a couple of things:
1. The "smart charger" system to make sure the battery doesn't get overloaded. If possible it would be great to just completely cut off the charger as opposed to a trickle charge method.
2. I don't know the technical term, but I believe solar charging requires normalizing the voltage to make everything run well.
3. I know my load is predetermined to be a 100 Watt LED chip listed to run on 30 Volts, so would this mean I need a 3.5ah battery? 100W/30V=~3.3A. Additionally, how would I figure out how many volts the solar panel has to draw.
For reference, imagine one of those solar powered lawn lights, but with a dimmer switch on it. I'm looking to make a small, self contained flood light to mount somewhere where it would be inconvenient to replace batteries or run power to. Any help is greatly appreciated, as I'm pretty new to this approach. I've done my fair share of high school breadboard and circuit board building and soldering, but this time around there's no set of directions. Thanks in advance
1. The "smart charger" system to make sure the battery doesn't get overloaded. If possible it would be great to just completely cut off the charger as opposed to a trickle charge method.
2. I don't know the technical term, but I believe solar charging requires normalizing the voltage to make everything run well.
3. I know my load is predetermined to be a 100 Watt LED chip listed to run on 30 Volts, so would this mean I need a 3.5ah battery? 100W/30V=~3.3A. Additionally, how would I figure out how many volts the solar panel has to draw.
For reference, imagine one of those solar powered lawn lights, but with a dimmer switch on it. I'm looking to make a small, self contained flood light to mount somewhere where it would be inconvenient to replace batteries or run power to. Any help is greatly appreciated, as I'm pretty new to this approach. I've done my fair share of high school breadboard and circuit board building and soldering, but this time around there's no set of directions. Thanks in advance