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JaredBusch

@JaredBusch said:

@Minion-Queen said:

As someone who used solar for a year. Powering a laptop is sticking with Solar, you need a good inverter, batteries that the soloar panel is charging (we used huge Truck batteries).

Battery backups are better (get a couple laptop batteries and charge one and then do the next) Always keep one fully charged (a lot easier to carry in luggage).

Charging things via battery packs and solar power etc. does kill your battery prematurely.

Would it not be easier to skip the inverter and get a DC matching converter to go from the solar batteries to the device? Almost nothing plugs directly into 110 anymore.
Almost everything non-apple is still a stand center positive DC power plug.
Mobile devices are USB, and there should be tons of choices there.

I hear what you are saying, but having a regulator between the batteries and the laptop/device is still probably a good idea.

I used an iGo Juice for years until it finally died. Powered everything I needed from it. It could run on either AC or 12v DC.

Dashrender

@Jason said:

@Dashrender said:

I hear what you are saying, but having a regulator between the batteries and the laptop/device is still probably a good idea.

An inverter and regulator are two different things. and inventer will waste a lot of engery but may include a regulator. you don't need one to have the other. You can get inventors without regulators. and regulators without inverters.

Yup, I know - that is why I said a regulator, not an inverter. Though your point on changing voltage is definitely one to consider as well.

JaredBusch

@Jason said:

An inverter and regulator are two different things. and inventer will waste a lot of engery but may include a regulator. you don't need one to have the other. You can get inventors without regulators. and regulators without inverters.

Exactly, and with the rise in solar, I am surprised that there are not products on the market.

I just checked and the iGo I had is no longer made and that companies new solutions are not as flexible.

scottalanmiller

Heading out to find some lunch for the family.

gjacobse

Solar and computers is a fun project and topic.

As a Amateur Radio operator, most of my radios and such run on 12v. I use an older laptop that is also 12v.. which aren't to many of these days.

Easier to power

dafyre

How hard should I troll a facebook scammer?

Jason

@dafyre said:

How hard should I troll a facebook scammer?

What happened?

dafyre

Apparently, I've been picked with a lucky number, lol... anda he's waiting anxiously on the other tab for my bank account information.

WingCreative

Step 1 - ask where/how to find bank account info
Step 2 - ask where to put lucky number on bank website to get the money

dafyre

I'd rather them mail me a check. If they really are from Facebook, they'll have the address on my account... which may or may not be completely 100% accurate.

scottalanmiller

Rebuilding one PBX that pooped the bed and building a fresh new one as well.

gjacobse

@scottalanmiller said:

Rebuilding one PBX that pooped the bed and building a fresh new one as well.

Ouch.

scottalanmiller

Had to run to the panaderia for the kids.

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gjacobse

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scottalanmiller

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scottalanmiller

Well that did not parse well.

scottalanmiller

We will have to wait and see, but sounds like someone had RAID 5 to me... http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1190279-drobo-fs-network-share-folders-not-showing-up

scottalanmiller

Really obvious that Spanish is not this guy's first language. Even in Spanish this is pretty painful. All kinds of bad punctuation, non-Western turns of phrase, crazy yelling.... http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1186749-saludos

scottalanmiller

Still getting a new FreePBX system built. Running on CentOS 7, excited to see how it ends up working.