Solar Battery Chargers Solar Power Energy Generation Guide
Solar Battery Chargers To Power Up Your Gadgets
By Gerard J Howson
Solar battery chargers can be used when outdoors and
you need to charge your batteries, to continue to use
your hand held devices like mobiles, iPods and GPS navigation
systems.
You can also use solar chargers when you are at home.
If you do not want to pay for the electricity you are
using from the power grid when you are charging with
your normal battery charger, then you can use your solar
power charger and reduce your power bills in the process.
Reduce Your Power Costs
You may also look at further ways to reduce the cost
of using electricity in your home. If you are seeing
the rising cost of using electricity from the power
grid, then there are ways to reduce these costs. One
way is to use a solar power system to power your lights
and appliances in your home.
Solar power uses free sun energy as its source and
there are no ongoing solar power generation costs. So,
once you pay for the installation of the solar power
system in your home or business, there will be no ongoing
solar power generation fees.
Using solar power will help reduce your power bills
by a huge amount.
Weekend Camping With A Plethora Of Gadgets
We’re having a hard time remembering our last great
family vacation! With gas prices the way they are, it’s
hard to find the perfect destination for a family of
four that’s close to home, loads of fun, and doesn’t
cost a fortune.
After thinking about where we wanted to go, and getting
all everyone’s opinions, we decided to dust off the
old tent and have a go at a real-live, weeklong camping
fest! The only problem is that I’m self-employed and
can’t afford to stop working even during vacations,
so like it or not, I’ve got to drag some technology
along on the trip. But how do I stay plugged-in when
I’m outdoors?
Using Solar Battery Chargers Outdoors
The first challenge is finding a spot at or near the
campground with wi-fi capabilities. That’s actually
not too difficult these days, when every place from
the public library to the local Panera Bread is wired.
A bigger problem, however, was keeping all of my gadgets
charged throughout the week without being able to plug
them into the car-charger. So I did a little homework
and discovered that there are solar battery chargers
out there for all kinds of gadgets and devices, some
of which I didn’t even know existed!
The Solio Charger For Hand Held Electronic Devices
For my purposes, I was excited to find a nifty little
product on the Internet called the Solio. For hand-held
electronics, it’s the mother of all solar battery
chargers.
It can provide a charge for everything in my briefcase:
my cell phone, iPod, PDA –- even the GPS unit that’s
going to keep us from getting lost as we explore the
coast of Maine on our camping trip. This particular
solar battery charger fits right in my pocket, which
makes it a must-have for all the tech-happy wanderers
out there.
Solar battery chargers aren’t just limited to
small electronics either. I can of course, review my
options and recharge batteries of all shapes and sizes,
like AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, and even the tiny ones for hearing
aids! Plus, I can also buy a charger for the lithium-ion
batteries that are widely used in digital cameras.
Chargers For Cars And RVs
This is an absolute must, because we always end up
taking about a million pictures while we’re on vacation.
There are also solar battery chargers for cars and RVs,
as well as weatherproof, collapsible marine panels for
boats, which I’m sure will come in handy for lots of
folks out there.
In the end, I invested in solar battery chargers for
all of my hand-helds and for the car as well. Doing
so truly helped make my vacation worry-free, since I
knew I’d be able to stay connected and keep pace with
the demands of my business no matter how far off the
beaten path we traveled!
Using Solar Battery Chargers At Home
You do not have to use solar battery chargers only
when you are outdoors. You can use them when you are
at home or at work. If you notice your cell phone batteries
are down to the last bar, you know it is time to charge
them with the battery charger.
Although you may think you are at home and you do not
need the solar charger, but if you are charging with
electricity off the power grid, you are paying for using
this electricity. If you use the solar charger, there
are no extra power charges.
Solar Hot Water System
Using a solar power charger, may give you ideas about
installing a solar power system in your home. You may
start with solar hot water system. If you are using
fossil fuels burning power sources like gas, coal or
even nuclear, then you are paying for the use of electricity
from the power grid.
If you use electricity from a solar power system, the
electricity is generated by trapping sun energy as the
source, and sun energy is free. As there are no ongoing
solar power generation fees, then there are no extra
charges for generating solar power in your home. This
will help reduce your power bills.
You can reduce your power bills by using solar battery
chargers at home.
About the Author:
Gerard J Howson has written a number of articles on Solar Power and Renewable Energy including
Portable Solar Power,
Solar Outdoor Lights,
Solar Technology,
Solar Hot Water,
Solar Electric,
Smart Homes,
Save Energy In Your Home,
Energy Savings.
Look out for new articles as they become available on this site.
Little Known Solar Facts.....
Is solar power and solar energy the same thing?
Actually even though people interchange
both words, they are not the same thing. Solar energy
is the “catch all” term that describes all the
uses of solar rays.
Solar power is the specific action of photovoltaic
rays being captured and converted into electricity.
Most people do not realize the difference and it is
a very common misconception.
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