loss of efficiency due to status leds ?

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Simple Weather Station Code using an ESP8266 and a BME280 sensor. Data is handled via PHP and stored in a MySQL database

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loss of efficiency due to status leds ? #2

Open ricorico94 opened 7 years ago

ricorico94 commented 7 years ago

Hi, I'm trying your project and I realize that when charging (through solar panels), the TP4056 is lighting the red led (and upon fuly charged, it should light the other green led, right ?). Isn't it a loss of power ? Would there be a way to prevent the leds without unsoldering the leds ?

In anyway, thanks a lot for your explanations! br, Ricorico94

TheAustrian commented 7 years ago

Hello,

I'm sorry for the super late reply, but I didn't get a notification apparently... As far as I'm aware you cannot disable the leds without destroying or desoldering them. I would not be concerned about a loss of efficiency, though, since these types of led usually only use a few mA of power - less than some dust on the solar panel would cause... It does not light up when there is no light on the solar panel, so it won't discharge your battery.

Cheers, Alex