Also, you to take the solar panels down during the actual hurricane. With all that debris flying around, you won't have much of the panel left if you leave it on your roof.
If are going will OLPC, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Product_News#Foot_Power.2C_Weza and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Peripherals -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian Louisiana Board of Regents [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 225-910-6126 On Sep 12, 2008, at 9:41 AM, 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 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
