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The off-grid way to use
desktop fans is with rechargeable batteries, charged
in a solar charger. My favorite solar charger is the
Universal Solar Battery Charger, which charges four D
cells at once; it is waterproof and has a convenient
carrying handle. You can see it at
sund ancesolar.com. Several other models of D-cell solar chargers are available, some with light meters and charts telling how long it will take to charge your batteries. You can buy one for $16.98 plus s/h at batteryspace.com or Google "solar battery chargers." For rechargable batteries, try batteryjunction.c om The more Tenergy D-cell 10,000 mAh Ni-MH rechargablesyou buy, the better the price. |
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Kill-A-Watt Power
Use Monitor You've likely heard of
vampire power loss, the electricity that computers,
appliances, TVs and stereo receivers waste, even
when you've turned them "off" with the remote. This
little device will tell you how much that vampire is
costing you as well as the planet. In our case, two
TVs and a stereo receiver were draining away a total
of about 75 watts a day, every day. We staked that
vampire dead by putting the TVs and receiver on
power-strips which we can manually turn off without
losing station presets or the time on the clock. You'll
also see how much electricity you're saving by not
using that plug-in blender or fan. You can buy a Kill-A-Watt
meter online for as little as $17.99 plus shipping
& handling.
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Talk to you again soon,
Diane MacEachern
Big Green Purse
email:
[email protected]
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