Solar Salsa Fan
I like salsa dancing but I have a hard time staying cool. Here’s an inexpensive and easy solution! And it works great. I got a 120mm-5V fan in ebay for...
Solar Shaver
I’ve got this Philips Speed LX shaver which was awesome before it burned out. I was a little miffed since I had just replaced the head, blades and bought a year...
Solar FREAKIN’ Cell Phones
What: This is a challenge to run your cell phone from off-grid solar! Who: You and anybody else who’s interested in, advocates or talks about green energy and the environment. Where:...
Solar Cell Phone
Today I worked on my solar cell phone project. The idea is to try and run my cell phone off the grid. Panel: 10W (34x20cm, 18V, .6A) Charge Control: 120W...
First Solar Charge
The other day was nice and sunny so I put my cell phone on one of the solar chargers. The battery was so low the phone would not start up....
Crank Charger for Cell Phone
Before I made my good DIY solar charger, I just had this simple charger. So I made this crank backup to survive times when there wasn’t enough sun for the...
Solar Cell Charging
I received some new stuff today. One item was A 5W panel which is charging my phone as I write this. My phone was at about 50% battery so it...
Four Cell Phones Going Solar
So far we have four cell phones (including mine) that we are taking off the power grid to run on solar power. Here’s a shot from last night. I installed...
Solar Cell Phone
The other day I ordered some stuff for getting some cell phones off the electric grid as an experiment. In the mean time I managed to find enough stuff in...
Feel the Power
The average person doesn’t understand the scope of human energy use. I decided to make installations to demonstrate energy by letting people peddle or crank a generator to power common...
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