Hi all
just wondering if someone is able to help me out, i have an old sharp boom box that i know still works but i want to hook it up in my 12vDC solar system, i have done a little bit of investigation with the unit and found that there is a battery compartment that accepts 8 D cell batteries and on the rating plate it says its compatible with 12vDC, so i proceeded by opening the unit up to start investigation on how i can make this happen, i found a transformer off the main power port that also connected to the battery contacts, the transformer part number is a PT-1579A to which i punched in to google to see if there was such an animal but nothing found apart from a P-1597NL, which was a transformer and DC/DC converter in one (from what i read in the datasheet).
now the issues i have are
1. my solar is regulated to 14.6V DC so i am not sure if that is going to be a huge issue or not
2. i have 3 wires that lead from the battery contact board, red, black and orange. the red and the black link up with the the main power wires going to the main board, the orange leads from the battery contacts them selves and goes to the transformer which links up with the red wire after the transformer so i think i should be able to tap in to that
3. i only have 1 shot at this and i dont want to let the smoke out of it
i have enclosed some pics so people might have more of a clue as to what i am going on about