Re: Has anyone made a solar power setup for a computer?

2009-07-28 Thread Stephen
The computer is DC but you would need t re create the different rails of power And hope your electronics skills are good And your math But quite possible On 7/27/09, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joshua Zeidner wrote: I wonder if

Has anyone made a solar power setup for a computer?

2009-07-27 Thread Josef Lowder
Have any of you made a solar power setup for your computer system? I've recently begun researching this and it seems very feasible. At one website, a writer claims one can make a solar power generator for less than $300 -- www.rain.org/~philfear/how2solar.html -- in summary he says: 1. Run a

Re: Has anyone made a solar power setup for a computer?

2009-07-27 Thread Trent Shipley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joshua Zeidner wrote: Im interested in this topic as well. If you manage to build this, please let us know how it goes. -jmz On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Josef Lowderj...@actionline.com wrote: Have any of you made a solar power setup

Re: Has anyone made a solar power setup for a computer?

2009-07-27 Thread James Finstrom
3 Steps to this 1. Use the correct hardware, something atom based and low power. 2. Determine requirements for 12V at about 5A solar panel cells/regulator 3. Add a battery in to the mix matching the same above stats 12V 5A The hardware would run off the battery and the solar panels would

Re: Has anyone made a solar power setup for a computer?

2009-07-27 Thread Joshua Zeidner
I wonder if its possible to bypass the PC power supply? By using an inverter you are essentially converting from DC to AC and back to DC again (bound to be inefficient). This hold true only if your system is specifically for the PC. -jmz On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:25 PM, James

Re: Has anyone made a solar power setup for a computer?

2009-07-27 Thread Trent Shipley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joshua Zeidner wrote: I wonder if its possible to bypass the PC power supply? By using an inverter you are essentially converting from DC to AC and back to DC again (bound to be inefficient). This hold true only if your system is specifically

Re: Has anyone made a solar power setup for a computer?

2009-07-27 Thread Steve Phariss
found this short, basic howto for running computer via DC instead of AC. http://www.wikihow.com/Run-Your-Desktop-off-DC-Power On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Trent Shipleytship...@deru.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joshua Zeidner wrote: I wonder if its possible