Power From The Sun
by E R Engdahl
Sun Power
Cave man recognized the sun had a warming effect on his/her body and looked for caves that were open to the south (Northern Hemisphere). They did not know why but attributed it to some sort of 'Sun God'. They also knew 'SHE' was not always happy and may not give the gift of 'Sun Power'.
We now know that 'Power" is in the form of radiation in the form of light and invisible rays. That power has bathed man down through his history in a potential that is seldom recognized.
Dr. Richard Baxter, narrated a film in 1964 from the Bell Telephone Laboratories titled, "Mr Sun", a part of their science series for television. He envisioned that some day we would rely on sun power when the non-renewable resources become depleted. He stated that the earth receives in ONE HOUR as much energy from the sun as the earth uses for a whole YEAR.
At present we use only a tiny fraction of that power for electrical use. China is constructing a solar bank in northern China - away from polluting smoke in south China - of 25 square miles with solar collectors.
Home Electrical Generation
O.K., so you only have a half acre or so. However, you can use a space as small as three feet square with a south facing exposure and still generate a surprising amount of 110 volt AC that can tide your home over in the event of power outage.
That emergency can come for many sources: Power line interruptions, snow and ice, wind, accidents, equipment failure, overloads, lightning, and solar winds in the form of radiation from our friend Ms Sol.
Any one of these becomes an inconvenience to most people, but life threaten for those who depend on electricity for medical reasons. Emergency lighting systems. Home security. Television and radio for information. Even your computer for communication can be run on this 1800 Power Head.
I could go on, but you get the idea. So how can you provide Emergency Resource Electricity? (ERE) Thought you would never ask.
Today a power pack is available in a single source about the size of an Electrolux vacuum cleaner. This is only the converter. We need
to collect the light and rays from the sun to tun them
into electricity. This is done by the solar panels which
may be placed beside the Power Head or in some
other sunny location to capture the sun's rays. The
Power Head must be protected from rain, spills and
dirt to protect the electronics inside.
This could be your garage, basement, tool shed, or
your automobile, RV vehicle or even your tent. You
see there are no toxic fumes as with a gasoline generators that take their toll in lives every year when individuals do not heed location instructions for dangers. Last winter a couple died when they ran their gasoline generator in their breeze-a-way thinking that the open screen porch would be safe. Carbon monoxide seeped in through the partially open door that brought the power cord into the house.
This is the collector panel that captures the sun's rays. The collector
disks converts those rays into a dc voltage just like the voltage in
your car battery. This 12 volt is then used by the Power Head to
turn it into 120 volts ac, that is used by your electrical tools.
This panel stays outside in sunlight and is water proof
and can even withstand hail from that thunderstorm that
may have caused your power outage in the first place
of up to one inch in diameter.
There is an attached cord from the Collector to
the Power Head that conviently plugs into the
Power Head. The wheels and stand makes
it easy to move the collector panel to
a sunny location.
And if that thunderstorm has covered
the sun - no worry, there is a 12 volt
heavy duty battery to continue to make
120 volt ac electricity until the sun shines
again and recharges the battery once again.
Dry and boring specifications but a table of
common appliances that can be powered by the 1800 Power Head running under battery power. Click the sun for those specs.
