I’m only half kidding. I’m a bit of a prepper and I have lots of powerbanks and devices that charge from USB but besides idling my truck I really had no other way to charge any of them in case of a long-term power outage which seemed a bit of an oversight on my part.

Not like this solves the issue. 30 watts (under ideal conditions) isn’t much but it’s a start.

  • KingPorkChop@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    In the event of an apocalypse basically nothing that you can charge is going to be of any use other than flashlights.

    My house is quite rural and I have a water well with a battery backup for the pump and UV filter. The battery lasts for about 5-6 days depending on use. I can charge the battery from the grid or with solar.

    If the cities get nuked, my well system will still function.

    • NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip
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      19 hours ago

      We did a battery backup system! I think we’ll do panels next. Did you buy enough panel generation to replace it as you use it?

      We bought the ecoflow batteries; we haven’t shopped around for panels yet. I was hoping their panels were competitively priced so we could kind of just plug 'n play.