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I expect bad things to happen if you plug in a wall charger and do not put the solar panel under the sun at the same time. Or even without the charger, depending on how it is wired.
The reason is that the photovoltaic cells suffer when subjected to reverse voltage. Which means, if you connect the panel to a voltage source higher than the voltage produced by the panel itself.
So some sort of protection is essential. At least a diode if nothing else. This has been mentioned a number of times, for example here. Of course, your solar panel may have a diode built in, but I somehow doubt it.
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slightly off topic question: if the back power pins are disabled, will a TOH with a spare battery be impossible to charge when you plug in the wall charger? or is the reference in IRC only for input power pins?
EDIT: And you have to glue a plastic pin like in official TOH's to the panel next to the battery so the microswitch will trigger. Won't charge without it.
Actually that's not true. It charges without the pin too. Hmm..
Last edited by skvark; 2014-01-09 at 15:11.