Solar Gadgets

Sun Volt Solar Asks an Interesting Question

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Sun Volt Solar Asks an Interesting Question The folks at Sun Volt Solar asked an interesting question on their blog just over a week ago. Here’s the question: Where are those guys in their garages? The guys in garages refers to those tinkering folk among us who come up with remarkable, useful, [...]

Solar Panels for Apartments

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Solar Panels for Apartments Solar panels placed on individual homes have the potential to make a home its own power generator. Producing more power than your home uses is call net ZEH or Zero Energy Home. Many home owners, myself included, are working toward such a Zero Energy Home. But what about folks who live [...]

Solar Gadget Finds of the Week

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Image by SpoiltCat via Flickr Solar Gadgets Here are a few links from ecofriend for the solar gadget enthusiast. Enjoy! How about a Solar-powered I-Slate for the classroom? MSI touts “world’s most power efficient netbook.” Golfers in sunny locals may enjoy this solar powered golf cart. With summer around the corner you may be interested [...]

Solar Energy Find of the Week

Friday, March 20th, 2009

The Energizer Bunny Goes Solar I am enamored with solar energy and love solar powered anything. Using the sun’s energy just makes so much sense! According to gazette.com Energizer now offers a solar battery charger which charges two AA or AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries. Best I can tell, the photo of the charger is copyrighted [...]

How Much Energy Do Your Electric Appliances Use?

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Or How Much Does it Cost to Run Your Home Appliances? There are two (2) separate costs to home electrical appliances. 1.    The purchase price 2.    The daily operating costs Connect your appliances to the Kill A Watt P3 and find how efficient they really are. The appliance’s energy use is measured in kilowatt-hours, which [...]

Solar Energy Find of the Week

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Solar Energy Find of the Week I love solar energy gadgets. Living a life unattached to electric outlets opens up whole new ways of living! My husband and I love travel, hiking, and camping. If we get too focused on the traveling, hiking, and camping, one or both of us finds ourselves with phones or [...]

Solar Energy Find of the Week

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Solar Energy Find of the Week My aspirations for a net ZEH home—a home that creates as much energy as it uses—sends me searching for ways to reduce the electric power my home uses. I came across this nifty SolLight LightShip Solar-Powered Light. Although I haven’t used one yet, this small light would be handy [...]

Solar Energy Find of the Week

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Solar Energy Find of the Week I want a solar powered home. Although my home is not yet ready for solar panels, it’s fun to find small, simple ways to incorporate solar energy into daily life. Take this solar iPhone charger from Sollight, for example. If you’re hiking or traveling with your nifty little iPhone, [...]

Solar Energy Find of the Week

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Voltaic Solar Panel Backpack While installation of solar panels on my roof will have to wait have to wait a while, here’s a great way to incorporate solar energy into the smaller, everyday living of life. The solar panels on the pack charge a battery which stores the energy till you need it. And it [...]

Solar Energy Find of the Week

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Solar Energy Find of the Week This solar energy journey uncovers lots of people and companies making great strides to make solar energy an easy part of our lives. While I don’t yet have solar panels on my roof (we’re working on making if affordable so as not to upset the family bean counter), more [...]