15 W solar electric module for Asian hornet harps

01 · WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS

Panel and energiser in one piece

It is the question we get most, so it goes first: this is not a bare solar panel. The energiser is inside and the 15 W panel is built in, so all you have to do is plug in the harp.

It is the same module that comes inside the Tártago water-tray harp kit. If you already have the harp, this is what it needs to work.

02 · FIVE HARPS

They chain together, they do not fan out

The 1,500 V output covers up to five harps. They are not wired out in a fan from the module: they are chained one to the next, and that is what the 10 m female/female extension in our catalogue is for.

The panel usually hangs from the first harp, which is what makes the 1.5 m cable enough. If you need it further away — chasing sun — you need a 10 m male/female extension, which is not included.

03 · SAFETY

Off switch and automatic discharge

It has an off switch and automatic discharge of the voltage when switched off, which is what lets you handle the harp without a fright.

Even so the habit does not change: switch it off before touching anything, and site the harp out of reach of children and animals. Fifteen hundred volts do not forgive carelessness, however small the current.

04 · NO BATTERY

It runs on daylight

It has no battery: it converts whatever the panel produces at each moment. At night it gives no current, and under heavy cloud it gives less. Hornets hunt by day, when the panel has light; what it does not cover is the first and last hour of the day or a run of cloudy days.

If that worries you, there are two alternatives: the solar module with lithium battery, which according to the manufacturer supplies current from early morning to late afternoon and for several days without sun; or the universal module, powered by USB from the mains or from a 12 V battery through an adapter.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

It is the complete module, panel included: