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  • Review: 10,000mAh Solar Power Bank Charger

    Review: 10,000mAh Solar Power Bank Charger

     

    This will be a fairly short and simple review. I’ve been using this 10,000mAh solar power bank since November of 2016. It works and works well. Numerous trips including my jaunt down the Virginia Creeper Trail I’ve used this external battery pack to keep my cell phone topped off. Communications with family, being able to take pictures and videos, as well as keeping in touch with others is important.

    This solar power bank can also charge other batteries for things like flashlights and walkie-talkies.

    With 10,000mAh of capacity, it can charge most modern smartphones at least twice or keep it topped off for hours and hours.

    The solar function is primarily for topping off the unit or charging it fully if it is left in the sun and not used. It takes days to charge it via the sun so understand that is not a primary means for charging. The 10,000mAh solar power bank is meant to be charged at home – then taken on the go.

    Recently I ran the power bank almost dead and left it outside for several days. It did eventually charge completely and survived at least two days of downpours and also one night of freezing temperatures. So – after a year of use I can fully endorse and recommend it.

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  • VIDEO: Solar Power for Beginners

    VIDEO: Solar Power for Beginners

    I’ve dabbled a bit into solar and love it. When it comes to time efficiency not much beats a solar system of any size that works all day long for you – while you put your time elsewhere.

    This video does a good job explaining what a solar system is and how it is put together. A couple things I have learned:

    1. Solar is useful for charging batteries – rather than running anything directly.
    2. Anything that turns or moves uses A LOT of power.

    Solar continues to get less expensive and entire home systems are often available with substantial tax breaks. My own efforts have targeted smaller self-contained systems.

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  • Obama Executive Action – Protect United States from EMP

    Obama Executive Action – Protect United States from EMP

    Obama just signed an Executive Order on October 13th acknowledging the danger of solar activity possibly affecting the electrical grid of the United States. This new Executive Action sets up governmental organizations and delegates responsibilities for research and implementation of programs to forecast, detect, and respond to solar activity.

    This is a major position shift of the US Government who in 2008 received testimony on July 10th, 2008 in front of the House Armed Services Committee from the EMP Commission and took no action as a result. The EMP Commission provided a full report to Congress. To summarize – this report concluded an EMP attack could result in a 90% die-off of all US citizens.

    Although this Executive Order specifies solar activity as its focus in it my belief that its true function is EMP preparedness.

    Of interest is Section 4 sub-section D –

    (d) The Secretary of Energy shall facilitate the protection and restoration of the reliability of the electrical power grid during a presidentially declared grid security emergency associated with a geomagnetic disturbance pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 824o-1.

    Beyond the language dictating responsibilities for research, communication, and reporting there are suggestions of overreach.

    (e) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall:

    (i) ensure the timely redistribution of space weather alerts and warnings that support national preparedness, continuity of government, and continuity of operations; and

    (ii) coordinate response and recovery from the effects of space weather events on critical infrastructure and the broader community.

    Section (ii) above could reference an authority for Homeland Security to do whatever they deem necessary in recovery such as seize private materials and supplies and even people – as evident in the National Defense Security Act(NDSA).

    Overall the United States preparing its infrastructure for solar/EMP activity is long overdue. It is at a minimum interesting the timing of this Executive Action and the current activity going on between Russia and the United States.

    J Rourke

    1776PatriotUSA.com

     

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