back up for a black out

[CZEdwards]

Warp, solar power doesn't need "step outside and you're blind" levels of sunlight. (Our farm manager installed solar panels for the outbuildings when we found out that the 1928 installation was seriously out of code -- like uninsurable -- and re-running the wiring would cost us around $40K. The panels work year round, even in winter in Indiana.) A desk lamp or a window sill facing north will power a solar cell.

 

[warp1900]

Warp, solar power doesn't need "step outside and you're blind" levels of sunlight. (Our farm manager installed solar panels for the outbuildings when we found out that the 1928 installation was seriously out of code -- like uninsurable -- and re-running the wiring would cost us around $40K. The panels work year round, even in winter in Indiana.) A desk lamp or a window sill facing north will power a solar cell.

Hi CZ, Indiana still not anything like England, my post was intended to point out that powering your device with a tiny solar panel in a place known to have a very high average of rain-fog-clouds, would not be the best way to go for a vacation.

I know solar panels work even when cloudy, my own home is powered by solar, but have you ever tried a 4 x 2 inch panel to power up a cell phone when it is cloudy?

Not practical for someone traveling, that was my point.

This is what would REALLY work:

http://www.familyonboard.com/voltageconverters.html

or

http://www.voltage-converter-transformers.com/travel-converters.html




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