- 1). Purchase a voltage regulator circuit. Connect it to the solar panel and to a voltage reader. Take one pair of the circuit's positive and negative wires and tie them around the positive and negative nodes of the solar panel, making sure to match the polarities. Repeat this process when connecting the circuit's other pair of wires to the voltage reader.
- 2). Orient the solar panel towards sunlight. Read the voltage output generated by the sunlight on your reader. Adjust the module on your regulator circuit so that the voltage for its battery output will match the typical voltage level received from the solar panel.
- 3). Unwrap the circuit's wires from around the voltage reader. Remove the voltage reader.
- 4). Wrap the positive and negative wires of the circuit around the positive and negative nodes of a variable load resistor. Plug the resistor into a battery.
- 5). Tie the battery's wires around the voltage reader. Make sure that a voltage similar to that picked up by your solar panel is flowing to the battery.
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