On 03/10/05, Carl William Spitzer IV
On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 21:30 +0100, Kevanf1
The one I have seen demonstrated on a tv news report was excellent. It was slim, not a bit bulky and the charging handle/crank was akin to a fishing reel handle. If you know about the ABU series of multiplier reel than think that. They looked cool :-) and very desirable. I am starting to think that there are a number of these projects being worked on now though. --
There was a radio minister who had a tape player which worked by hand crank so people out in the boondocks of whatever continent could play his sermons. Apparently they were a hit with missionarys because they did not need to carry the extra weight of batteries into the bush.
There is another solution in solar cell chargers which are sold for use on boats and RV's to keep their batteries charged. Boats needing the double sized ones. Much more voltage than a computer needed but nicely compact about the size of a keyboard.
CWSIV
That's right :-) I bought one of those when I was over in Australia in 2000/2001. I hadn't seen any over here in the UK at the itme so picked one up from Dick Smith Electronics store from the shopping mall in Adelaide. Good price, shame I haven't got around to using it :-(((( My car just won't accept it (it's meant as a solar battery charger) as all power is cut from the lighter socket when the keys are taken out. I keep meaning to run some cable direct from the battery but haven't got around to it...too busy playing with Linux on my PC's :-) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR