[Outages-discussion] FEMA, W.H. send victims to Internet

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>

> There are lots of sources for power that can charge a cellular phone
> other than a wall socket.
> 
> Worst case, you can actually do it with 4 D-Cells, a resistor and a
> little connector ingenuity on cell phones that use USB-based chargers.
> 
> Car adapters, solar chargers, laptop USB ports, etc. all work as well.
> 
> A Laptop battery can deliver many 8-hour-worth charges to a cell
> phone, while it cannot run the laptop for anywhere near that long.

12V deep-cycle marine batteries are really not all that expensive; putting
one on float charge when the storm is heading in is probably a pretty good 
idea (and, of course, having the 3-5 port cig lighter socket and/or Anderson
Powerpoles already prewired)...

Cheers,
-- jra
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