I don't remember her whole name, but Leo Laporte on TWIT has been talking about a woman named Ros who is rowing across the Pacific. I am pretty sure she has a laptop and is blogging. If so she has to have some way to power it. Not sure if she is using wind or solar or both. (And am not at my computer to look it up)
Hal On 9/11/08, Petri Laihonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess this would be one pointer to start with..... > > Do-It-Yourself Solar-Powered PC: Hardware : A New Desktop PC Power > Consumption World Record: 61 Watts > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hardware-components,1685.html > > Petri > > > -ray wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Edmund Cramp wrote: >> >> >>> I'm trying to stay away from having to put in a generator to burn gas to >>> recharge the UPS to generate 120V to power an adaptor that supplied 12V >>> to the network gear. >>> >> >> Agreed... what I'd like to do is put up a solar panel connected to a >> battery. It would charge the battery enough during the day to run the >> cable/dsl modem and linksys router all night. >> >> It would be practical, and a neat experiment in solar energy (which is >> something i've wanted to do). Anyone think it could be done for around >> $100? If so, send us some links! >> >> ray >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
