วันเสาร์ที่ 26 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

Making and Using a DIY Portable Solar Powered Battery Charger For a Cell, Car, and Others

With only basic equipment and wiring a bit, you will know how a solar powered battery charger that small devices that are on the move. Solar chargers are not among the glamorous gadgets, but they are the ones responsible for keeping gadgets in harmony is alive and functional, especially in these days, most people with a lot of portable electric devices.

Here is a list of things we need:

- A clean oldWindow

- Multimeter (approximately, 5 volts per cell)

- 12 cells

- Soldering Iron

- AA battery holder

- Tape

These are the steps to make like a solar-powered charger to:

1. Put all the cells in your window and ensure that everything fits to use on the lower part of the window to allow more room for assistance.

2. In a 3-volt array, we need 6 cells. Handle them with care asthey are really so easy to break. Get three cells and wire them several times from back to front. The bottom cell should have two pieces of wire from his rear to front the next, and so the second should be soldered.

3. Solder the 3 cells to go from back to front by the wire down and touched the iron to it and then touch the solder to it, and unplug the iron. Make sure that the wire leads are soldered into the cell, since these lines the ones responsible for ensuring that the electrons are formto flow into the panel in the load.

4. Solder the second set, this time you have to go back from the front, because these three in conjunction with the first of your three.

5. The cells should be placed in a stacked pattern, because the window was not all of them have in a long line and it would be difficult to obtain the sun shine on something so long without a shadow.

6. Get the other six cells and solder them to the same procedure. When you're finished, you should have two 3-volt array. You should now have two 3-volt array, a positive (have front) and negative (back) wire coming from them.

7. Wire them in parallel by simply turning the two wires positive and two negative wires together. The two positive wires are now in a positive wire and the two negative wires are now negative to a wire.

8. Attach the positive wire to the red head of the Radio Shack AA battery holder, while the negative wire to the black tip of the> Battery holder.

9. Attach the blocking diode to carry the negative, that is the battery. This will help to return from the current from the battery when the cells are in the shade.

10. Tape of each cell and put some parts from a cardboard box on his back. Put it in the sun.

So this is to make like a solar-powered charger. And remember the following tips:

- Watch your charger not when the sun is too bright, because toomuch charge can ruin the batteries.

- Check batteries with a multimeter every hour to keep them from overcharging.



วันศุกร์ที่ 25 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

DIY Solar Power

Solar energy is a viable option for you and your house or is it just a marketing strategy to buy a product that is not practical and does not lead, as it is said to fulfill.

I must say that solar power is an option that is strongly supported by governments and public alike, and is accepted by the construction industry in many different forms. Some government agencies are even grants available to install solar power so it must be the way toto go or not?

Solar energy is in the house for hot water for some time by capturing solar energy in the form of heat, but also the type of solar energy in question, where solar energy is converted into electricity.

We know this kind of power works because we do such things as calculators, battery chargers, road signs and you hear that, but what's in a home situation where high currents are required 24 hoursone days?

I think we all know that the sun determines the source of this power, but the nature of the time when the sun is available, the time is obviously the day. If I have something we have called a period of darkness of the night, so missed, what happens?

Solar can not of course be provided during the night or even in a crowd on an overcast day, so the biggest problem with solar power, how to overcome these situations.

Energy is the only answer andcan come in many different forms, depending on your situation, but are done for the typical residential home, this is best achieved with batteries, and not the type that fits into the camera.

On a practical note, I can say that the greatest demand for electricity during the winter months and at the height of summer when air conditioners are in use. Depending on where you live, you must check the hours of sunshine at this time available.

Winter brings short daylightand in some parts of the world can winter daylight is very short. Winter brings more cloudy days than at any other time of year, reducing the power from solar energy.

Do not get me wrong here because I believe that solar energy is a good way to help save the environment and sustainable electricity to go under, but I also believe, would a real savings in energy, combine to make solar wind.

If you are thinkingIt is often during the winter months the wind and on cloudy days (rainy day) with wind power in these periods is very convenient.



วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 24 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

The Truth About Cell Phone Use and Driving

Since cell phones have always have bigger pieces of our lives, we come to the phone conversations to think otherwise. There is a huge convenience factor for new phones now. Many of us remember a time when it was difficult, was not someone at home, had to speak or have forwarded calls in restaurants or bars, as we had expected to call a major business. But cell phones have made that a thing of the past, to the point that we are surprised when we are not able to reach someoneimmediately.

It's been this expectation of convenience and instant connectivity, the mobile phone use while driving has spread so far. Many of us do not think twice when we talk on the phone while the car, and would be outraged if we delay the call. But the truth is that cell phone use while driving is dangerous. It distracts you from the street, and that all kinds of judgments and the reaction can cause problems.

A 2003 study found the University of Utah, that subjectsduring the trip with phone calls actually exhibited greater impairment in the schools as the focus and sentence drunken drivers. Perhaps even more worrying are the recent studies have found that hands-free cell phone use while driving actually as dangerous as using a regular phone. While many countries and U.S. states have bans or speak text message with a handset that does not really solve the real problem.

The fact is that the danger of mobile phones andCars must be given more attention than the conversation on the street. It's the same reason, that is nonsense in the car dangerous: it distracts the driver from his ability to pay attention to the road. Drivers on cell phones show a significantly slower reaction times to predict, less capable of the actions and reactions of other drivers on the road, and are much more likely to be involved in accidents. At the end of the day, it is important to understand that when on the road, yourConvenience is simply not worth the risk, ask for everyone else on the road. The mature decision to wait until the car is off and you can devote so much of your attention, how you want your phone conversation without being surrounded by the lives of all others around you.



วันพุธที่ 23 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

Introduction to Battery Chargers

Chargers vary in charge of intelligence, the type of batteries as they can, as they say, batteries, and how long they are available. As such batteries a great investment when it comes to off grid solar power systems, it's important, the right one for your off grid solar power plant will receive.

A general rule of thumb is about a battery 10% of ampere hour capacity charge. For example, and 80Ah deep cycle > Battery should be changed at a speed of about 8A.

Different types of batteries require different charging systems. For example, SLA (Lead Acid) AGM (absorbent glass matt) and gel batteries are traditionally charged with a lower voltage than flooded lead-acid batteries. This varies by manufacturer and you should always check what charging voltage is required before you buy the batteries and a charger.

Battery Types > Chargers

A simple charger works through a constant DC power to the battery. A simple charger and will not change its output on time, or the charging of the battery. This type of battery chargers are cheap in general, but there is a trade-off in quality. In general, a simple charger takes much longer to recharge a battery and a battery in a simple charger for too long will be severely damaged by over-charging will be left.

Timer to> Chargers function similarly to a simple battery charger, but (as the name suggests) they operate on a timer. The timing would be for a given battery set and then left. However, if the batteries of lower capacity were charged they would be if the batteries are overcharged, and the higher capacity have been indicted, they would only partially taken into account. Timer based chargers also have the disadvantage that charging batteries that have not been fully discharged, even if the batteries were on theright capacity for the specific time-charger, would in over-charging.

Battery charger output current depends on the battery's condition. An intelligent battery charger can determine the monitor's voltage, temperature and / or time under the care of the optimum charge current at this moment. Charging is terminated when a combination of voltage, temperature and / or time indicates that the battery is fully charged. In a way, say, the batteriesCharger, if they are full.

Some chargers use pulse technology modulationin the pulse or a pulse is fed into the battery. This DC pulse of a strictly controlled rise time, shape, pulse width, frequency and amplitude. This technology will work with any size, voltage, capacity and chemistry of batteries, including automotive and valve-regulated batteries. Most good quality chargers and charge controllers use this type of technology.

The selection ofLegal Charger

As with any component of a solar system, it is always best with a battery of experts to draw the first installment before purchase to ensure you get a charger suitable for your particular set up. While all the chargers, and must work off mains supply, you will probably check to you in conjunction with a generator so that the charger you are interested in the task - some just refuse to function properly in this application.



วันอังคารที่ 22 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

A Brief History of Solar Power

Over the long history of human nature, both the recorded and filed prehistoric times, the warmth of the sun was in use. Early homes were in places that a lot of heat and light, and later on methods for the distillation of water and cooking of food, which were received only the rays of the sun as well developed. Today the sun is seen as a fundamentally untapped natural resource, but millions of people have begun to explore the remarkable benefits of solar energyPower.

What exactly is a solar system? Told in the simplest, it is energy in the intense radiation from the sun comes included. With a range of materials and systems, scientists, engineers and technical opportunities, home and business owners who can reduce the use of energy delivered from the reliance on solar power generated.

Today, solar energy is used in many large and small applications on an industrial scale for everything from heating and cooling of homesand buildings, creating hot water, the treatment of water and sanitation, cooking, electric charge is also in production and transportation such as cars and airplanes.

Actual development of solar cells to use, requires the energy of the sun in any way, began in the 1800s when a French physicist, observed that there is "light barrier" effects of the sun. Only one hundred years later, photovoltaic effects have been improved, and in fact the most commonly used material --Cadmium selenide - has been affectively used.

Things really took more from the 1950s, such as silicon and other materials were also now for residential and commercial buildings to use solar applications. It was at this time as well that the gas crisis of the 1970s brought many people to energy issues concerning the use of petroleum and petroleum products address. At that time many people their attention to the sun, wind and water as an untapped source of renewable energy.

TodayScientists and physicists, among many others, will continue to expand the applications of solar energy on. Now it's not uncommon to see an entire roof covered with photovoltaic cells, or the huge power plants entirely by solar panels and built a tower for the management of energy in a steam chamber or some other method of converting light and heat into usable energy.

With all this research and discoveries, it has also become much easier to acquireMaterials and equipment, the equipment for a house or other building with at least one source of solar energy, like a hot water system. All this means that the days of all natural energy sources closer and affordable for almost any budget.



วันจันทร์ที่ 21 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

Portable Solar Power is in the Bag!

The 21st Century has given us a wealth of new and fun gadgets. It has also tripled our need for batteries and its impact on our wallets. What would happen if you free of charge the batteries? On the go? Wherever you are now?

Cordless Impact

The chemicals in our batteries are less toxic than they did ten years ago, but the nature of chemical batteries. Discarded battery chemicals leach into our groundwater and soil if they are buried inthe air during combustion. Imagine if used prior to the dozens of batteries of a person and multiply that by millions? How about billions? Yikes!

Rechargeable batteries are increasingly popular, and not, ironically, because they are better for the environment. They are easier on the wallet. And with just about everything needed batteries (and accounts) to operate, from toys to mobile phones, PDAs, MP3, GPS devices, laptops and portable amenities of this century, has something to give, ourBudgets.

Solar Chargers

Solar-powered chargers have affected the market in a flood. A search on the rise is solar power more practical and easier to implement. You can charge unlimited free at all!

From a simple small plates you can in your pocket or purse and pull, if necessary, to panels that are already part of a backpack, you can literally charge wherever you are. Even if you're at home,instead of plugging in, then recharge it to call a bit of window and you can without plugs and power strips. The backpacks and bags are great, because they are so portable and keep your toys safe, secure and manageable. To calculate when you walk and walk and talk over the day. If one on top of the mountain and say that your GPS or cell phone is dying, you can instantly recharge.

There are backpacks, belly and cute little packages, your practical solar charger,accessible, and unobtrusive. From the campsite to the campus, you will never again worry about your batteries go dead on.

Free Power

There are so many advantages that will use solar energy as soon as you use it, ask yourself, why not try it sooner. Along with the convenience of bags and backpacks, a growing diversity of uses and sizes as soon as the toys do. Most solar chargers are equipped with plug kits, fitted to your specific adaptationDevices.

And the toys are endless seems. How many plugs do you need and how much it will cost you to keep all your toys juiced? If you choose, your chargers plugged in all the time, or overnight, bringing the total amount of your usage? What about the cost of replacement batteries? The final cost of this depends on the individual, but you can bet it is more than what good is cost solar charger. Plus, after the initial cost of your solar system purchase - which is not much- Is Completed, the power is completely free.

Having to use portable solar power or recharge your devices is not only a huge money saver, it helps to keep those chemicals from the landfill. You can contribute to a cleaner environment and save money with a simple solution.

Free power? Well, who would not?