2026-04-23 18:37 UTC
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@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net 2026-04-23 20:25
@vinay@veganism.social Probably because they are flexible. Just be glad it's not 2003 any more - I bought a 30W flexible foldable panel for £800 back then 😭 https://recycledgoods.com/unisolar-uni-pac-30-30w-flexible-solar-battery-charger/
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@vinay@veganism.social 2026-06-03 15:58
Update: I got a fixed solar setup. It's only 9:45 AM and the EV is being slow-charged (1.1 kW) by energy produced entirely by four 600W solar panels. In a country where the national grid (#CFE) generates only about 25% of energy from renewable sources, that makes me super happy about the CO2 emissions avoided. #solarpowered #mexico
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@Crazypedia@pagan.plus 2026-04-23 18:52
@vinay@veganism.social I got my grandmother here in the rural us states a 400w solar setup and large solar batter station.they've been having power cuts for partial days and outages for over 3 in the last year. Scope out your average power usage, or look up the rating of the appliances to want to plugin when there's no power and you can figure out how much they use and how long you'll go until the grid comes back. High up front to the tune of 5k, but priceless when there's no power for days
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@molenaar@hsnl.social 2026-04-23 19:16
@vinay@veganism.social For camping holidays, I bought a powerbank with AC some years ago. (see https://goalzero.eu/en/product/goal-zero-sherpa-100ac/) For off-grid living, this is tiny, but for a camping it will charge a mobile and a razor. Off course if you have such a thing, it must be used, if only to keep the battery in shape. So it still powers my razor and mobile, and even the vacuum cleaner. The main problems (apart from the availability of sunshine) is finding out how much power machines use before you buy them so you know your system can power them. It does not hurt to just start with a system that is not too expensive and see what you can do with it. You can always add capacity later, both in batteries and in solar panels. If there is a device you really want to use when the main power goes down, you might take its power consumption into account.
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@belcher@mastodon.xyz 2026-04-24 01:42
@vinay@veganism.social You’re going to have to do some research and some math, but you can most likely use one of the larger ridged (non-portable) panels with whatever solar battery you get. The ridged panels are usually more efficient for their size compared to the folding portable ones.
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@dianea@lgbtqia.space 2026-04-27 19:48
@vinay@veganism.social Fixed solar panels are far cheaper and efficient. They are heavy and can survive the harshest storms. But, the expensive foldable panels are easy to set up and move around. The choice is big heavy rigid panels built at scale that require muscle to install, or lightweight ones that are a joy to set up for temporary locations.