Solar Powered Phone

Chargining
Moore 3.15 Energy

Testable Question
Can a lamp charge a solar powered phone charger
better than the sun?

Hypothesis
If I charge my solar charger with a lamp, then it will
turn on from dead faster than the sun because the
source of the energy has not been lost yet.

Materials
Soldering Iron
Solder
Soldering Iron Holder(Not Necessary)
Wire clippers
Minty boost 3.0 kit
LIPRO solar charger
5V solar panel
Apple usb cable
IPhone 4s
Lithium Polymer battery
2.11 DC adapter
Multimeter

Abstract
This is a solar powered iPhone charger. My problem is that I needed an
efficient free way to charge an apple device. My purpose is that its
difficult to do some things if your phone is dead and you dont have a
charger so with this device it charges from a solar panel and stores
the power for later. My hypothesis is If I charge my solar charger with
a lamp, then it will charge faster than the sun because the source of
the energy is so no energy has been lost yet. My procedure is to plug
in the solar panel outside or under my lamp with my phone hooked up
with a dead battery and see which source takes longer to turn it back
on. For the sun the average time was 5 minutes and 40 seconds. The
average time for the lamp was 3 minutes and 7 seconds. I will
conclude that the lamp charged the phone the better. My hypothesis
was supported because the lamp was better.

Procedure
1. Get all my materials.
2. Build the DIY Kit and upgrade to solar powered.
3. Drain the battery of the phone
4. Place the MightyMintyBoost under the lamp.
5. Start Timer as the phone is plugged into the charger.
6. Stop Timer when the screen turns on to allow to unlock phone.
7. Record Data in Notebook
8. Repeat until 20 trials have been done.
9. Turn off lamp to save power and go outside.
10. Make sure phone is dead.
11. Then setup Solar Charger and get ready to time.
12. Start timer when the phone is plugged in.
13. Stop timer when phone is unlockable.
14. Record Data in Notebook.
15. Repeat until 10 trials have been done.
16. Compare results and write a conclusion.

Variables
Independent: The source of solar energy.
Dependent: The time to turn on the phone.
Constant: The phone, the kit, the solar panel.

Results
The average time for the sun was 5 minutes and 40
seconds.
The average time for the lamp was 3 minutes and 7
seconds.

Conclusion
I will conclude that the lamp charged the phone the
better.
My hypothesis was supported because the lamp was
better.
It was supported also because waves lose energy the
farther they get from the source.

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