[Power] Theory+Practice of Solar-for-XOs by George Hunt (eg. NYC & Haiti microdeployment)

[Adam Holt]

George,

Can you create a link to yr great summary document from
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_and_power ?  (I'd recommend the very top
of Section 8, "Solar Power Alternatives")


From: George Hunt <georgejhunt at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:47 PM
To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help AT laptop.org"
<support-gang at lists.laptop.org>

Sora,

I've been meaning to get back to putting down on screen, some of my
experiences.

See
http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/training/power-when-its-not-always-available/--
though it sounds to me that you will not have the option to do a
fixed,
permanent install

Welcome to our enterprise,

George


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:39 PM, James Murdza <james.murdza at dresden.us>wrote:

> I'm glad you think so too, Mike. If you did test it, I'm sure this would
> be helpful to others because I will be unable to test mine (travelling)
> until next month. I have indeed seen what it looks like—here's a video:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1glfC52wmg
>
> I guess the size could make it a bit awkward, but not impossible, to put
> at an optimum angle. It looks like they are simply cheap because the
> manufacturer went bankrupt and liquidated, so (fingers crossed) that should
> mean only good news for us!
>
> James
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> James,
>>
>> That's an astounding deal on the Uni-solar 136 watt rollable panel! [
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNISOLAR-PVL-136-Watt-No-PeelNstick-SOLAR-PANEL-UNI-SOLAR-PVL136-PANELS-144-128-/230993292685?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160] I
>> may jump on that tonight to test along with you all. This item does
>> need a junction box and some soldering, and did you realize this roll
>> is 15.5" skinny and 18 FEET LONG? The next children's library that my
>> NGO in Zambia is building will be off grid. I have a reliable and
>> cheap way to ship a rolled panel like this, but I'm trying to imagine
>> what a temporary support rig (say for a period of 2-4 weeks to field
>> test) for this would be like.
>>
>> I'll let you all know if I order.
>>
>
>
>
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