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 +The LED is a flashing type, and is used for detecting when the voltage across the capacitor reaches around 2v - then it turns on and trips the transistor into dumping all the power to the motor. The bigger the capacitor, the more charge it will store. This method is known as a FLED Solar engine.
  
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