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April 2008 
It will soon be dark and my neighborhood has no power...
Posted on Aug 31st, 2007
by 
Jeff
Jeff
Except for me!
All the power in the neighborhood just went out about an hour ago. Last summer, on a day about as hot as today, a transformer blew up and we had no electricity for 4 days. We were then on very limited power for about a week thereafter.
I'm writing this blog with my solar powered Apple PowerBook G4. The VOIP phones and the routers are all functional. If I had a bit larger power inverter, I'd turn on the A/C.
This system did NOT cost $20,000.00+. It is not a system that attaches to the grid and causes my meter to run backwards. My investment was about the same as a new laptop PC.
This is the kind of system I developed for use in the Developing World. Two billion people world wide have no electricity whatsoever. We can bring power to people who have never been able to brush their daughter's hair after dark or read a book.
I need your help to make this happen...
All the power in the neighborhood just went out about an hour ago. Last summer, on a day about as hot as today, a transformer blew up and we had no electricity for 4 days. We were then on very limited power for about a week thereafter.
I'm writing this blog with my solar powered Apple PowerBook G4. The VOIP phones and the routers are all functional. If I had a bit larger power inverter, I'd turn on the A/C.
This system did NOT cost $20,000.00+. It is not a system that attaches to the grid and causes my meter to run backwards. My investment was about the same as a new laptop PC.
This is the kind of system I developed for use in the Developing World. Two billion people world wide have no electricity whatsoever. We can bring power to people who have never been able to brush their daughter's hair after dark or read a book.
I need your help to make this happen...
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