Solarize Your Backpack & Power All Your Gizmos

“In this instructable I’ll show you how to build a detachable solar panel and battery charger for your backpack.

This can power or charge all your gadgets (cell phone, mp3 player…) while on the road.

HAMs can use it to power small QRP transmitters and receivers on a field day etc.

I was inspired by the excellent instructable “Rain or shine solar charger” but wanted to avoid sewing, since I don’t have a machine.

So this is the result…”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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