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Innovation project
Solar Charge Guard
2025 · Prototype · Siliya Electricals Studio
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Overview
A small monitoring unit for protecting batteries and tracking safe charging performance.
Our experience
Born from community solar repair requests. The team mapped common battery failure patterns and built a guard module with alert thresholds and simple LED feedback.
Tags
Power SystemsPrototype2025
Published June 1, 2025
Project members
Community Energy Team
Field research
Grace Mwale
Circuit design
James Phiri
Prototype assembly
Partners
- Green Energy Partners
- Local Solar Cooperative
Funders
- Solar Future Grant
Competitions
Clean Energy Innovation Challenge
2025
Selected for community impact and replicability in off-grid settings.
Events attended
Community Energy Summit
Attendee2025 · Mzuzu
Gathered feedback from solar installers and end users.