Wind power is more expensive than solar!! But yea, it seems like the hottest and sunniest days are right after the storm when we have no power haha.
Speaking of... i've been reading that solar panels get less efficient the hotter they get. Which is a concern, cause i'd think it gets pretty damn hot on my roof... ray On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, Dustin Puryear 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 > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
