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Poverty
April 2008 
A low cost solar system for developing nations.
Posted on Jan 10th, 2008
by 
Jeff
Jeff
This afternoon, I finished the assembly of this 30 watt, portable solar system.
It may not seem like much, but for people in developing nations, it's a miracle.
We completely forget about just how important electric power is. Without it you can not power up:
A computer
Cell phone
Any phone
Refrigerator
Microwave
Lights
TV's
DVD Players
Hair Dryer
Washer and Dryer
Dishwasher
Radio
Playstation
XBox
Game Cube
PSP
Nintendo DS
Digital Camera
Video camera
Coffee machine
Toaster
Air Conditioning
Room fan
Need it go on?
Four billion people on Earth live in poverty. Many of these people have never had electricity in their "homes".
Think for a moment what it would be like to have no electricity in your home. It happened to me the last two summers, when we lost power for 4 days, due to the extreme heat that caused everyone to turn on the air conditioners and blow up a transformer. We baked in a silent home and watched the food in the powerless refrigerator, spoil.
This portable solar system will provide light where there has never been any before. It will power a radio so people can hear what is going on in their own country. It can power a sewing machine so a woman can have a home based business. It can power a portable DVD player with educational DVD's that may be the only source of education a child may ever have. It could power a water well pump.
What you see are two, 15 watt solar panels, delivering 30 watts of power. Attached to the solar panels is a charge controller and a small battery. The solar system is powering the radio / lantern, seen in the photo.
So how much did it cost to build?
135 McChicken sandwiches
61 Cups of Starbucks House Blend Coffee
15 Movie tickets
13 fast food combos for 2
You can help bring a miracle to a family that has never had electricity, for a small sacrifice.
I can order a 40 foot container load of solar panels and batteries and have them shipped directly to Central America, where we can install the systems and give these people a jump start out of poverty.
I can't do it alone...
Portable Solar System
It may not seem like much, but for people in developing nations, it's a miracle.
We completely forget about just how important electric power is. Without it you can not power up:
A computer
Cell phone
Any phone
Refrigerator
Microwave
Lights
TV's
DVD Players
Hair Dryer
Washer and Dryer
Dishwasher
Radio
Playstation
XBox
Game Cube
PSP
Nintendo DS
Digital Camera
Video camera
Coffee machine
Toaster
Air Conditioning
Room fan
Need it go on?
Four billion people on Earth live in poverty. Many of these people have never had electricity in their "homes".
Think for a moment what it would be like to have no electricity in your home. It happened to me the last two summers, when we lost power for 4 days, due to the extreme heat that caused everyone to turn on the air conditioners and blow up a transformer. We baked in a silent home and watched the food in the powerless refrigerator, spoil.
This portable solar system will provide light where there has never been any before. It will power a radio so people can hear what is going on in their own country. It can power a sewing machine so a woman can have a home based business. It can power a portable DVD player with educational DVD's that may be the only source of education a child may ever have. It could power a water well pump.
What you see are two, 15 watt solar panels, delivering 30 watts of power. Attached to the solar panels is a charge controller and a small battery. The solar system is powering the radio / lantern, seen in the photo.
So how much did it cost to build?
135 McChicken sandwiches
61 Cups of Starbucks House Blend Coffee
15 Movie tickets
13 fast food combos for 2
You can help bring a miracle to a family that has never had electricity, for a small sacrifice.
I can order a 40 foot container load of solar panels and batteries and have them shipped directly to Central America, where we can install the systems and give these people a jump start out of poverty.
I can't do it alone...
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