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]]> http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/new-3-in-1-solar-flashlight-fm-radio-cell-phone-charger/#comment-5425 Celina Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:23:58 +0000 http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/new-3-in-1-solar-flashlight-fm-radio-cell-phone-charger/#comment-5425 Review by C. Bayne for Rating: We bughot this a few months ago. We live in Phoenix, AZ (“Valley of the Sun”), so this has plenty of opportunity to work. We have it plugged into 2 marine batteries (like car batteries, but bigger), and we have an inverter connected to those. The inverter is in the house, and the batteries are outside. The wire goes through the wall. We plug things into the inverter.This was easy to put together. You have to buy the batteries, but this came with everything else.I can run my laptop all day, as well as recharge the cell phones and Wii remotes. My husband can also run his laptop. If we only get on the laptops after work, we can run them well into the night. I’ve had to switch to grid power a couple of times if I’ve used my laptop all day, but I’ve never had to switch over if I’ve only used it during the evening. (This doesn’t count the few rainy days we’ve had. Yes, once in a while it rains in Phoenix.)This is not the most efficient solar panel set, but it’s very good for starting out and learning about solar power. It’s inexpensive enough to set up and charge all your rechargeable stuff whenever you need it, as long as you live in a fairly sunny area.Oh, as an experiment, I plugged the vacuum cleaner into the inverter, which promptly started screaming for help. (The inverter has an alarm, apparently.) This whole set-up CANNOT handle this kind of power draw. You have to unplug everything and turn the inverter off and let it just sit a while and reset before plugging in your lower power things again. You’re not going off the grid with this set-up, but you’ll save yourself a few bucks a month. And you get to be smug whenever anyone talks about going green. “Well of course, our solar array has lowered our carbon footprint considerabley. Shall we go for an organic smoothie now?” Review by C. Bayne for Rating: We bughot this a few months ago. We live in Phoenix, AZ (“Valley of the Sun”), so this has plenty of opportunity to work. We have it plugged into 2 marine batteries (like car batteries, but bigger), and we have an inverter connected to those. The inverter is in the house, and the batteries are outside. The wire goes through the wall. We plug things into the inverter.This was easy to put together. You have to buy the batteries, but this came with everything else.I can run my laptop all day, as well as recharge the cell phones and Wii remotes. My husband can also run his laptop. If we only get on the laptops after work, we can run them well into the night. I’ve had to switch to grid power a couple of times if I’ve used my laptop all day, but I’ve never had to switch over if I’ve only used it during the evening. (This doesn’t count the few rainy days we’ve had. Yes, once in a while it rains in Phoenix.)This is not the most efficient solar panel set, but it’s very good for starting out and learning about solar power. It’s inexpensive enough to set up and charge all your rechargeable stuff whenever you need it, as long as you live in a fairly sunny area.Oh, as an experiment, I plugged the vacuum cleaner into the inverter, which promptly started screaming for help. (The inverter has an alarm, apparently.) This whole set-up CANNOT handle this kind of power draw. You have to unplug everything and turn the inverter off and let it just sit a while and reset before plugging in your lower power things again. You’re not going off the grid with this set-up, but you’ll save yourself a few bucks a month. And you get to be smug whenever anyone talks about going green. “Well of course, our solar array has lowered our carbon footprint considerabley. Shall we go for an organic smoothie now?”

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