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Development of Hybrid Power Bank Car Jumper

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Emy Satira Azrin Mohamed Hakke , Maslizah Munahdar

1 Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Selangor

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Abstract
Jumper cables are one of the most important tools for anyone who owns a vehicle. The function is to
restore voltage to a battery that is not storing enough to engage the car starter. It seems that drivers
nowadays do not care much about the jumper cables unless when their car won’t start. Plus, they
need someone else to solve the problem. The length of jumper cables itself are longer and need a wide
space for storing purposes. This is one of the reason why the drivers took out the cables out from their
boot. Nowadays gadgets are widely used by all sorts of age. The power and charging issues have
become a problem particularly when the battery is out and there is no power socket. So here we can
use Hybrid Power Bank Car Jumper which stored electrical energy and then is used to recharge our
gadget. This product is featured with the dual characteristics of a charging point. It used rechargeable
battery to give energy to the power bank for a long period of time. While, sun energy (solar) is used as
an efficient charging method and also as a source of electricity for small and medium-sized
applications. The storage of the power bank is depends on the capacity of the power bank itself. The
higher mAH, the higher the rate of its life. This project will reduce a labour cost, save energy and
time, space saving for storage and easy to handle compared to the previous way in handling the car
jumper work. This Hybrid Power Bank Car Jumper is a need as to keep us moving in our daily life.
Keywords: Car jumper, power bank, solar energy, energy

Introduction
In the present world, portability has become a very important factor; we are constantly looking for
new and innovative ways to add comfort to our lives. One of the most frustrating things that can
happen anywhere is to find that your mobile phone or any digital device has run out of power at the
moment you need it most. Also when during traveling, charging of mobile phone is a big problem as
power supply source is not generally accessible. Thus the new technology has arrived to the market
that will allow you to abolish this common problem once and for all. Power Banks is a portable
charging device that allows you to charge any devices which are charged by USB capable wherever
you may be. The concept of power bank is becoming very popular as it has become the need and also
its demand is increasing because of fast growth of digital products. Portable Chargers are convenient
and because of their small size it has become very easy to carry power bank of large-capacity.
There have 3 types of power bank found on the market such as Universal Power Bank, Solar
Charged Power Bank and Power Bank older style battery phone case. The number of charge or
discharge cycles a Power Bank can reliably perform in its lifetime [3]. The answer to point one can
be difference between by the models of Power Bank, their internal components and the quality of their
manufacturing. Better and more expensive Power Banks can last longer, while smaller and cheaper
units may fall short depending on their treatment.
Solar panel refers to a panel designed to absorb the sun’s rays as a source of energy for
generating electricity or heating. Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels constitute the solar array of a
photovoltaic system that generates and supplies solar electricity in commercial and residential
applications. Based in theory and construction, the solar modules use light energy (photons) from the
sun to generate electricity through the photovoltaic effect [2]. The majority of modules use wafer-
based crystalline silicon cells or thin-film cells based on cadmium telluride or silicon. The structural
(load carrying) member of a module can either be the top layer or the back layer. Cells must also be
protected from mechanical damage and moisture. Most solar modules are rigid, but semi-flexible
ones are available, based on thin-film cells.
Electrical connections are made in series to achieve a desired output voltage and/or in parallel
to provide a desired current capability. The conducting wires that take the current off the modules
may contain silver, copper or other non-magnetic conductive (transition metals). The cells must be