I dunno.. .Sure on the first day, Monday, we wouldn't have seen any sun, but the 9 days after that I had plenty of sun at my house. What about you?
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the root cause of your power failure is generally going to be a > hurricane (I'm assuming here), isn't solar a possibly bad choice? You > would have several days of no real sun. > > Now, wind power may be the way to go here! :) > > You should do a OLPC box that runs off wind power and demonstrate it to us. > > -- > Dustin Puryear > President and Sr. Consultant > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > 225-706-8414 x112 > http://www.puryear-it.com > > Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > Brad Bendily wrote: >> http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Volt-Solar-Battery-Charger-Car-Truck-Boat-w-Clips_W0QQitemZ270272903615QQihZ017QQcategoryZ79845QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >> >> Has anyone used one of those before? For $25 it's worth a try, i >> wonder if it can charge faster than the battery would get used? >> That unit is fairly cheap, seems like you can get a larger solar board >> that could def charge faster than a few items would use. >> >> >> The one above is 2watts, this one is 5watts: >> http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Volt-Solar-Battery-Charger-Car-Truck-Boat-w-Clips_W0QQitemZ270272903615QQihZ017QQcategoryZ79845QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >> >> it's only $50. >> >> here's a 15watt for $130. >> http://cgi.ebay.com/Sunforce-15-Watt-Solar-Battery-Charger-Camper-RV_W0QQitemZ290259602725QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41981QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >> >> a 60 watt for $375! >> http://cgi.ebay.com/Sunforce-60-Watt-Solar-Battery-Charger-Camper-RV_W0QQitemZ290259803444QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41981QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >> >> and a 12watt for about $100... >> http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Watt-Solar-Panel-12v-RV-Car-Boat-Battery-Charger-12W_W0QQitemZ130253522399QQihZ003QQcategoryZ41981QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >> >> So, i don't know much about calculating needed watts... how many watts >> or amps would be needed to run a laptop and a cable modem? >> Then we can figure out which charger we need... >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Have Mercy & Say Yeah _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
