If you are feeling the pinch of the power bills, it is high time you shifted over to solar electric panels. With the increasing costs of essential commodities, people are finding it difficult to makes both ends meet. Couple to this the increasing costs of power and you can visualize the problems being faced by the masses. Keeping these things in mind, most are slowly shifting over to alternative sources of energy and solar energy is the best viable option. It provides one with free power that can be used as long as the panels do not break down physically. Just check out the Internet and you will find many sites that specialize in such panels that harness solar energy and convert the same into electric power through photovoltaic cells.
The best part is that these cells are relatively cheap and you can assemble one quite cheaply. If you are not the technically minded one, you can purchase a ready made panel for as low as $3000. These kits harness the light energy of the sun and convert them to electric power. This power can be stored in batteries during daytime that can be used to power the electric gadgets in your house at night. While batteries just provide an output of 12 volts, their output can be routed via an inverter to power your TV and other high-powered gadgets too. Have you ever though about how the traditional power plans that supplies you with electric energy functions?
Apart from the nuclear powered ones, the rest run on traditional fossil fuels, the stocks of which are limited. Sooner or later these stocks will get exhausted and then there will be no other means to derive electric power from. Apart from this the electric power plants emit lots of CO2 gases that are harmful for the environment of our planet. By opting in for panels that convert free sunlight into electricity that can be used to power out domestic electric gadgets, we are also saving our plant from greenhouse emissions. There are kits available that permit you to assemble a solar panel for your home. These kits are simple to use and contained detailed information about setting up and using the panels.
If you have got a basic knowledge about using a soldering iron, you can easily set up and configure them by yourself. Imagine the fun and joy of seeing the electric gadgets of your home running off using the power generated from solar electric panels. During the daytime these panels soak in sunlight and convert them into electricity that is stored in lead cells. At night the power from these cells, boosted by an inverter can be used to run your household gadgets. You can effectively make a saving of about 80% in your power bills. The day is not far away when most homes shall power themselves using these photovoltaic cells. Why stay behind and wait for the future when you can start generating electric power today?
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Unless you forget your charger.
For - as much as you can run around with a laptop - the things still need to run on power. In the past, this would mean costly electricity bills and products that consumed high levels of energy.
But Uni-Solar are looking to change that with their 'Portable Solar Electric Light Panels'.
The chargers come in several models. At the cheapest end of the range is the 'UNI-PAC 10', which offers dual voltage charging for 12 and 24V. It can be folded down to a size of 254mm in length and 139mm in width, with a depth of 51 mm.
The 'UNI-PAC 15' and the 'UNI-PAC 34' both offer 12V power systems, but can be compressed to smaller sizes. The final folded sizes for the 'UNI-PAC 34' are still to be confirmed, but the 'UNI-PAC 15' - whilst at the same width as the 'UNI-PAC 10' - has a folded length of 236mm. It has a larger depth of 78mm.
Each model, then, can be folded into the size of a book, making it a convenient and efficient eco-friendly product.
They were originally designed to meet military requirements, and to be used in the field, so a hardy piece of equipment is all but guaranteed. As their website details:
"Solar modules for remote applications must be tough, lightweight and easy to transport. UNI-SOLAR UNI-PACs are designed for the challenge of the field. They provide power even with bullet holes or in partial shade. The UNI-PAC can be dropped, stepped on, packed and re-deployed, and will continue to operate."
It is unlikely that anyone buying the UNI-PAC for commercial use will suffer bullet damage, but it still nice to know, and certainly gives a slightly surreal piece of mind; portable equipment that hardy isn't going to break if you drop it out of your suitcase or down the stairs.
Indeed, the UNI-PAC officials know that there are other markets out there:
"Field-proven as dependable and easy to use for military units, trekkers, climbers and professional photographers depend on the UNI-PAC for field communications, emergency power and battery maintenance."
Of course, there is nothing to say that it can't also provide adequate cover for essays, spreadsheets, surfing the internet, or on-line gaming. And with the UNI-PAC 10 weighting just 2.1lbs, and the UNI-PAC 15 weighing 3.25lbs, the ability to do just those things comfortably and easily within an environmental framework is easier than it ever was.
Even if there was a freak malfunction - having withstood an attack from masked gunmen as you threw your charger down the stairs at the airport playing rugby - then the company grants five year warranty.
Yet more piece of mind.
For the environmentally minded, then, the Uni-Solar Portable Solar Electric Light Panels are a good alternative to traditional laptop chargers. And versatile as they are, they can be used for other appliances too.
Perhaps best of all, though, you can tell you friends that you own a piece of military equipment.
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