Tag Archives: battery

Fun with Solar Power

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Ben

I normally charge an 18 AH sealed lead-acid battery to run small things like lights, and to charge my cell phone, radio, etc.  Well a couple months ago this battery died.  It was old, and sulfation had set in. I … Continue reading →

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Small Scale Solar, and Other News

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Ben

Well, for those of you in the Rochester area I will be talking a bit about a small solar power system I put together this Saturday at BarCamp.  This is my first time there, and I wanted to do something … Continue reading →

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Battery Life and Other Nonsense

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Ben

As I mentioned before, I have switched my laptop to Gentoo again after getting a new battery for it.  When I first finished my Gentoo install there was this beautiful feeling of euphoria…  It was just a raw Linux system, … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a New Laptop Battery

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Ben

Now, Linux isn’t exactly known to get you amazing battery life on laptops.  (Yes, when the distro and hardware are specially designed this there are some exceptions.)  However, in my Toshiba Tecra the battery life was getting to be horrendous, … Continue reading →

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