hand powered linux box

[Leo Mauler]

Seems to me the ideal way to go about arranging a
"renewable energy" computer is to go the laptop route,
since they're already set up to use as little power as
possible.  

The "low cost dirt cheap" method would be to charge
car batteries off a solar or other renewable grid
("bicycle power" is inadequate to the task of charging
car batteries, though it might run a laptop) and use
them with an inverter to run a laptop's conventional
AC adapter.  Those with more electronics experience
might be able to rewire the laptop to use DC power
directly, but stepping down the car battery to the
laptop battery power level might require enough
complexity that just an inverter with the existing AC
adapter might be more workable.

--- djgoku <djgoku at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reading on some solar panels that are out there I
> found these since my computer is using around 300
> watts with monitor.  I'm kinda confused on what 
> Approx. Watt-Hrs / Day = 1200 - 1500. I know you 
> just can't run your computer off these panels but 
> you would need a battery of some sort for the 
> panels to charge. But does that mean that it 
> charges 1200-1500 watts/ a day so you would need 
> a couple 700 watt batties or? Most car batteries 
> are like 300-700 watts no? not crank just the
> storage part if that is what it is called.
> 
>
http://www.icpsolar.com/ssfamille.php3?id_rubrique=56
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 06:58:58 -0600, Brian Kelsay
> <Brian.Kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:
> > Jun. 2001
> > 
> > Brian Kelsay
> > 
> > >>> David Nicol <> 12/12/04 11:48PM >>>
> > http://www.uclinux.com/hand-powered_web_server/



		
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