Well, Rob - Let me make a little confession about the snow in Coeur d'Alene.

It's said that no snow ever falls in Montana because the wind in winter
blows so much and so hard that it all lands in the next two states to the
East.

Where do you think that wind starts from? Yep! Right here in Northern Idaho.
So even setting the solar cell panel at the mentioned 45 degrees, the white
stuff sticks to everything that ain't layed flat!

Seriously though, I'm just lazy and prefer to plug the charger into a wall
outlet.

Dan Schaefer